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14:30 Mar 7, 2022 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) via email:
The Department received notification from the licensee that a portable gauge was lost/stolen. A technician last saw the gauge on 03/04/2022 at a jobsite in Phoenix at 1320 [MST]. The technician then realized that the gauge was no longer in his possession on 03/07/2022 when he arrived at his first jobsite at 0730 [MST] in Tucson. The gauge is a Troxler 3430P, Serial Number 72511, containing approximately 8 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Americium-241:Beryllium. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event. The licensee has reported the gauge stolen to the cities of Tucson and Phoenix. The report numbers are as follows: City of Phoenix - #2022-00000355178, City of Tucson - #2203078513 Arizona Incident Number: 22-006 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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| Western Technologies Inc. Tucson, Arizona (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 07-080 |
| Organization: | Arizona Dept Of Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+5.52 h0.23 days <br />0.0329 weeks <br />0.00756 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Brian Goretzki 20:01 Mar 7, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Mar 7, 2022 |
| 55773 - NRC Website | |
Western Technologies Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 557732022-03-07T14:30:0007 March 2022 14:30:00
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