ENS Event | |
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04:00 Oct 28, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following was received via email from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Massachusetts Radiation Control Program was notified this morning by S.W. Cole Engineering (MA Radioactive Materials License 48-0689) of Taunton, MA, that InstroTek Model 3500 Xplorer Series portable moisture density gauge, containing 11 mCi Cs-137 and 44 mCi Am-241, was stolen yesterday (Sunday, 28 October 2018) from a temporary job site in Fall River, MA. Local Police, State Police and FBI have been notified.
Notified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that at 2130 EDT on 11/1/18, the Commonwealth was notified by the FBI that the subject gauge was recovered during the course of a criminal investigation. The gauge is currently in the possession of the Swansea, MA Police Department. The Commonwealth will coordinate with the licensee to take possession of the gauge on 11/2/18. The gauge appears to be undamaged and there is no evidence of tampering. The licensee will be conducting a leak check and inspection of the gauge once they regain possession. Notified R1DO (Schroeder), ILTAB (Davis), and NMSS Events Notification (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| S.W. Cole Engineering Taunton, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 48-0689 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+30.8 h1.283 days <br />0.183 weeks <br />0.0422 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tony Carpenito 10:48 Oct 29, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Ossy Font |
| Last Updated: | Nov 1, 2018 |
| 53701 - NRC Website | |
S.W. Cole Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 537012018-10-28T04:00:00028 October 2018 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge 2018-10-28T04:00:00 | |