ENS Event | |
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06:00 Oct 1, 2004 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report |
| Event Description | Riverside Technologies notified the Radiation Control Bureau with the New Mexico Environment Department that one of their density moisture gauges was stolen sometime between Friday night, October 1, and Monday morning, October 4,2004. The locked storage room was broken into and the gauge was removed from its transport container and taken from the company office in Espanola, New Mexico. The gauge was a Campbell Pacific Nuclear, Model MC-3, serial number M30069661, and containing Cesium-137 and Americium-241/Be radioactive sealed sources. The gauge was locked in the safe position.
The density/moisture gauge (CPN, model MC-3, SN 30069691) reported stolen by Riverside Technologies (NM license number DM345) on 10/4/2004 has been found. The RSO, [DELETED], called at 8:45 a.m. MST today and reported that the gauge had been left near his vehicle at his residence in Espanola. There is no apparent damage to the gauge and the source rod was still locked. The RSO will leak test the gauge to evaluate the integrity of the sources. This gauge was not being used and had been in storage since acquired from another licensee. The gauge will again be placed in storage with additional security measures being implemented at the facility. Notified TAS (Hahn), R4DO (Kennedy) and NMSS EO (Wastler). |
| Where | |
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| Riverside Technologies Fairview, New Mexico (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | DM345 |
| Organization: | New Mexico Rad Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+124.47 h5.186 days <br />0.741 weeks <br />0.17 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Walter Medina 10:28 Oct 6, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Gott |
| Last Updated: | Oct 12, 2004 |
| 41096 - NRC Website | |
Riverside Technologies with Agreement State | |
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