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The following information was provided via … The following information was provided via fax:</br>On November 29, 2006, the NV Health Division Radiological Heath Section was notified by the Las Vegas Water District that a portable moisture density gauge, a Troxler Model 3440, S/N 33786, was lost from the bed of a pickup truck at 10:40AM in Las Vegas, NV. When the loss occurred the gauge was sitting on the open tailgate of the service truck, out of the shipping container and not secured. However, the handle was locked. The Troxler Model 3440 gauge contains two (2) radioactive sources; 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be. Licensee corrective actions include additional training for gauge operators.</br>NV Event Report ID: NV-06-007</br>* * * UPDATE PROVIDED BY NEVADA (VERELLEN) VIA FAX TO KOZAL ON 12/01/06 AT 1409 * * *</br>The missing gauge was recovered and returned to the licensee intact on 12/01/06.</br>Notified R4DO (Bywater), NMSS EO (Wastler), and ILTAB 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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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The following information was provided via … The following information was provided via fax:</br>On November 29, 2006, the NV Health Division Radiological Heath Section was notified by the Las Vegas Water District that a portable moisture density gauge, a Troxler Model 3440, S/N 33786, was lost from the bed of a pickup truck at 10:40AM in Las Vegas, NV. When the loss occurred the gauge was sitting on the open tailgate of the service truck, out of the shipping container and not secured. However, the handle was locked. The Troxler Model 3440 gauge contains two (2) radioactive sources; 8 millicuries Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be. Licensee corrective actions include additional training for gauge operators.</br>NV Event Report ID: NV-06-007</br>* * * UPDATE PROVIDED BY NEVADA (VERELLEN) VIA FAX TO KOZAL ON 12/01/06 AT 1409 * * *</br>The missing gauge was recovered and returned to the licensee intact on 12/01/06.</br>Notified R4DO (Bywater), NMSS EO (Wastler), and ILTAB 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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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