On 10/29/05, a
Troxler Moisture Density Gauge (model 3440, s/n 032146, 8 millicuries
Cs-137, 40 millicuries Am-241: Be) was
stolen from the back of the operators truck at the job site on Four Acre Road in Jacksonville, FL. The
gauge was chained and locked to the operator's truck. The operator left the truck at the job site while she reviewed the job site. She returned to the truck and drove back to the office. At the office she noted that the
gauge was gone. The Jacksonville Police Department was notified. The company intends on placing an ad in the local newspaper.
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.
- UPDATE AT 15:20 EST ON 11/09/05 FROM FURNACE TO KNOKE ***
The Troxler gauge was recovered intact and undamaged on 11-8-2005 by Jacksonville Police Department and returned to the licensee. Information on the location of the gauge was supplied by an individual asking the manufacturer (Troxler) about the possibility of a reward. The Troxler representative called this office with information. The individual was arrested for a prior warrant in Tennessee.
Notified the R1DO (Miller),
NMSS (Greg Morell), and TAS Email (Perez)