At approximately
1300 hours0.015 days <br />0.361 hours <br />0.00215 weeks <br />4.9465e-4 months <br /> on 2/14/04, the technician returned home for lunch in the company truck with a
Troxler Model 3430, S/N 30167,
gauge containing two sources, i.e., 8 millicuries
Cs-137 and 40 millicuries Am-241/Be, locked in its case in the truck bed. The chain securing the case was cut and the
Troxler stolen. The technician has the key which locks the source in the retracted position. The Miami Police Department and the
Florida State Warning Point were notified. The company will issue a press release and reward for the return of the
gauge.
Florida Incident No. FL04-116.
- Update on 02/15/04 at 1549 EST by Mr. Jerry Eakins taken by MacKinnon***
The
Troxler gauge was found next to a garbage dumpster located on a grocery store parking lot. The
gauge was still in its case and had not been damaged. Miami
HAZMAT came to the scene and took radiation readings of the
gauge in its case. Radiation readings were 2 millirem/hr (expected value). The
gauge has been returned to its assigned owner. R1DO ( Jim Trapp) &
NMSS EO (Gary Janosko) notified.