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The following information was obtained froThe following information was obtained from the State of Florida via email:</br>(A licensee) employee left the shop this morning at 7:25 a.m. (EDT) in a pick up truck. The soil moisture density gauge was locked but not chained and locked to bed of pick up truck. (The) employee drove about one mile to (the) job site and upon arrival realized the gauge was missing. Multiple employees retraced the route to try and find the gauge but could not find it. The RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) notified local law enforcement and fire department. The RSO noted the gauge is an InstroTek 1955 Explorer 3500, sources serial number is CZ6000; 267-14 and estimated current activity is 40 mCi of Am241 and 10 mCi of Cs137. Incident report from RSO to follow.</br>Florida Incident Number: FL16-040</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 information was obtained froThe following information was obtained from the State of Florida via email:</br>(A licensee) employee left the shop this morning at 7:25 a.m. (EDT) in a pick up truck. The soil moisture density gauge was locked but not chained and locked to bed of pick up truck. (The) employee drove about one mile to (the) job site and upon arrival realized the gauge was missing. Multiple employees retraced the route to try and find the gauge but could not find it. The RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) notified local law enforcement and fire department. The RSO noted the gauge is an InstroTek 1955 Explorer 3500, sources serial number is CZ6000; 267-14 and estimated current activity is 40 mCi of Am241 and 10 mCi of Cs137. Incident report from RSO to follow.</br>Florida Incident Number: FL16-040</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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Florida Agreement State Report - Lost Moisture Density Gauge  +
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