ENS Event | |
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19:00 Nov 7, 2025 | |
| Title | Recovered Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Colorado Department of Health (the Department) via email:
A gauge service provider reported that a member of the public had contacted them after finding an uncontrolled portable nuclear gauge. The individual observed the gauge fall from the back of a truck and called the service provider's number displayed on the gauge transportation case. The member of the public indicated that the transport case appeared to be intact. By the time the member of the public was contacted [by the Department], the licensee had already recovered the gauge. The Department contacted the licensee who confirmed that the gauge involved was a Troxler model 3440, serial number 24768, containing approximately 9 mCi of Cs-137 and 44 mCi of Am-241/Be. An investigation is ongoing, and the Department is awaiting additional information from the licensee. Colorado event report ID number: CO250041 |
| Where | |
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| Kumar And Associates, Inc. Breckenridge, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | CO 1175-01 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.95 h-0.0813 days <br />-0.0116 weeks <br />-0.00267 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Matt Gift 17:03 Nov 7, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton |
| Last Updated: | Nov 7, 2025 |
| 58032 - NRC Website | |
Kumar And Associates, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 580322025-11-07T19:00:0007 November 2025 19:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Recovered Gauge 2025-11-07T19:00:00 | |