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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the State of Texas via email:</br>On September 25, 2013, the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) was notified by a licensee that one of its Humboldt Model 5001EZ moisture/density gauges was missing and presumed stolen from its facility. The gauge (SN: 3561) contains one 10 millicurie cesium-137 source and one 40 millicurie americium-241/beryllium source. The gauge could not be located on Friday, September 20, 2013, and the licensee began a search and investigation. On Monday, September 23, 2013, it made the determination that it was missing/presumed stolen. The gauge had been secured inside a locked storage area inside the facility with the licensee's other gauges. No other gauges were missing. The licensee notified local law enforcement and a gauge sales/service company in Houston. The Agency will notify the Texas Pawnbrokers Association. An investigation into this event is ongoing. Further information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300.</br>(The) Houston Police Department (was notified by the licensee on 09/23/2013).</br>Texas Report # I 9118</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1540 EDT ON 4/27/2016 FROM ARTHUR TUCKER TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *</br>The following report was received via e-mail:</br>On April 26, 2016, the Agency was notified by the licensee they had recovered the gauge reported stolen on September 23, 2013. The licensee reported they were contacted by the Houston, Texas Police Department (HPD) and informed that HPD was in possession of their missing gauge. The HPD stated they had recovered the gauge from a vacant property and they had been storing it in their impound building for about one year while they searched for the owner. The licensee will leak test, calibrate, and inspect the gauge prior to returning it to service.</br>Notified the R4DO (Groom), ILTAB (Rockhill via e-mail), Mexico (via e-mail), and NMSS Events Resource (via e-mail).</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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the State of Texas via email:</br>On September 25, 2013, the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) was notified by a licensee that one of its Humboldt Model 5001EZ moisture/density gauges was missing and presumed stolen from its facility. The gauge (SN: 3561) contains one 10 millicurie cesium-137 source and one 40 millicurie americium-241/beryllium source. The gauge could not be located on Friday, September 20, 2013, and the licensee began a search and investigation. On Monday, September 23, 2013, it made the determination that it was missing/presumed stolen. The gauge had been secured inside a locked storage area inside the facility with the licensee's other gauges. No other gauges were missing. The licensee notified local law enforcement and a gauge sales/service company in Houston. The Agency will notify the Texas Pawnbrokers Association. An investigation into this event is ongoing. Further information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300.</br>(The) Houston Police Department (was notified by the licensee on 09/23/2013).</br>Texas Report # I 9118</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1540 EDT ON 4/27/2016 FROM ARTHUR TUCKER TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *</br>The following report was received via e-mail:</br>On April 26, 2016, the Agency was notified by the licensee they had recovered the gauge reported stolen on September 23, 2013. The licensee reported they were contacted by the Houston, Texas Police Department (HPD) and informed that HPD was in possession of their missing gauge. The HPD stated they had recovered the gauge from a vacant property and they had been storing it in their impound building for about one year while they searched for the owner. The licensee will leak test, calibrate, and inspect the gauge prior to returning it to service.</br>Notified the R4DO (Groom), ILTAB (Rockhill via e-mail), Mexico (via e-mail), and NMSS Events Resource (via e-mail).</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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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