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An authorized gauge user while working at … An authorized gauge user while working at a jobsite site in McDowell County, WV stayed overnight at a motel in Grundy, VA which is just across the state line. Sometime between 2200 hours on 8/14/08 and 0600 hours on 8/15/08, a Troxler Model 3440 (S/N 27535) containing two sources, i.e., 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be, was stolen from the bed of the employee's pickup truck. The Troxler gauge was locked inside its case and contained inside a locked transport box chained and bolted to the bed of the truck. The chain had been cut and the lock on the transport box broken to remove both the Troxler gauge and its case.</br>The licensee notified the NRC Region I Office (Marie Miller) and filed a police report with the Grundy City Police department who are investigating the theft. The licensee has made no determination whether a reward will be offered. </br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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An authorized gauge user while working at … An authorized gauge user while working at a jobsite site in McDowell County, WV stayed overnight at a motel in Grundy, VA which is just across the state line. Sometime between 2200 hours on 8/14/08 and 0600 hours on 8/15/08, a Troxler Model 3440 (S/N 27535) containing two sources, i.e., 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be, was stolen from the bed of the employee's pickup truck. The Troxler gauge was locked inside its case and contained inside a locked transport box chained and bolted to the bed of the truck. The chain had been cut and the lock on the transport box broken to remove both the Troxler gauge and its case.</br>The licensee notified the NRC Region I Office (Marie Miller) and filed a police report with the Grundy City Police department who are investigating the theft. The licensee has made no determination whether a reward will be offered. </br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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