ENS Event | |
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11:30 Mar 10, 2014 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Colorado via email:
At appx. 5:30 MST on 3/10/14 the licensee's employee noticed that the window in his vehicle had been broken and the contents stolen. This included a CPN Model MC-1-DR portable nuclear gauge (Serial Number : MD10800432) containing two licensed sources (10 mCi Cs-137 and 50 mCi Am:Be). The vehicle was parked at the employees residence. The gauge was contained within a locked transport container. Although, the vehicle was locked there was no secondary tangible barrier preventing unauthorized removal of the gauge. The event was reported to the Wheatridge police on the morning of 3/10/14 and to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at appx. 8:15 a.m. MST 3/10/14. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment received a follow up call at appx. 11:00 a.m. MST 3/10/14, indicating that the gauge was located by a member of the public and recovered by the licensee. The gauge was still in the locked transport container when it was recovered and there was no signs of damage to the case or indications that an attempt was made to open the case. A site visit will be conducted by a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment inspector to interview staff and complete the investigation of the incident in the near future. Event Report ID Number: CO14-I14-03 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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| De-Ray Engineering, Inc. Lakewood, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | CO 1097-01 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.55 h-0.0229 days <br />-0.00327 weeks <br />-7.5339e-4 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Jim Grice 10:57 Mar 10, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Mar 10, 2014 |
| 49885 - NRC Website | |
De-Ray Engineering, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 498852014-03-10T11:30:00010 March 2014 11:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge 2014-03-10T11:30:00 | |