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| issue date = 08/12/1988
| title = PNO-V-88-052:on 880811,State of CA Notified NRC That Campbell Pacific Nuclear Model MC-1 Moisture Density Gauge Stolen During Burglary of Garage in Pleasant Hill,Ca.Local Police & State Investigated & Filed Repts on Theft
| author name = Hornor J, Riedlinger B
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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| document report number = PNO-V-88-052, PNO-V-88-52, NUDOCS 8808180457
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
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 !                  PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-V-88-52                                                                                    Date: 8-12-88          )
;                   This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety                                                                                             i J                   or public interest significance. The infonnation presented is as initially received                                                                                             l
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without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by Region V j                  staff on this date.
l                   FACILITY:       Testing Engineers                                                                                                    Emergency Classification                   l 827 Arnold Dr., Suite 140                                                                                                Notification of Unusual Event          :
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==SUBJECT:==
STOLEN MOISTURE / DENSITY GAUGE l                  NRC was notified at 4:00 P.M. (PDT), August 11, 1988, by the Radiological Health Branch                                                                                         !
 ;                  State of California, that a Campbell Pacific Nuclear (CPN) Model MC-1 moisture density gauge (Serial No. 19032668) was stolen during a burglary of a garage in Pleasant Hill,                                                                                          p i                   California. The gauge had been stored overnight by a soils engineer for an early job                                                                                            i
,                   on 8/11/88, i                   The local police and the State have investigated and filed reports on the theft. The                                                                                           I State investigator informed the police on how to safely handle the gauge. The                                                                                                   l
 ,                  local police made a press release to the Contra Costa Times which appeared in the                                                                                               t
;                   8/12/88 morning edition, and are prepared to respond to inquiries. The company has made a search of the local area and found nothing.                                                                                                                          !
}                   The gauge contains 10 millicuries Cs-137 and 50 millicuries Am-241 Beryllium sealed                                                                                             i i                   sources which combined read approximately 0.5 mrem per hour at one meter from the                                                                                               .
 ;                  clossd shipping container. The gauge was stolen in a locked shipping container.                                                                                                 [
'                                                                                                                                                                                                   l Region Y has informed the NRC Office of State, Lt. cal and Indian Tribe Programs. This Preliminary Notification is for information only, i
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J. W. Hornor                           B. A. Riedlinger                                                                                                         !
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!                                                                                                                                                                                                   i STATE CONTACT: Don Bunn                                                                                                                                                          ,
!                                   916-323-2756 i                                                                                                                                                                                                   ,
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