ENS 56131
ENS Event | |
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05:30 Sep 7, 2022 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Stolen and Recovered Troxler Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) via email:
Twining Inc. reported the theft of a Troxler model 3430 # 30952 portable soils gauge to the Sacramento CDPH office via California OES (Office of Emergency Services) on 9/8/22. The gauge contains two sealed sources: Cs-137, 0.30 GBq (8mCi) and Am-241/Be, 1.48 GBq (40mCi). The theft occurred around 2230 PDT on 9/6/2022, from the gauge operator's home. A police report was made to a deputy with the Riverside County Sheriff's office on the morning of 9/7/2022. The gauge had an airtag attached to it for tracking purposes. On 9/22/2022, Maurer Technical Services, who calibrates these types of soils gauges was contacted by a person who indicated he had this gauge. The caller's name, phone number and address in Riverside were obtained. Maurer Technical verified the gauge's serial number belonged to Twining, Inc. and their office was notified. Staff from Twining's Riverside office went to pick-up the gauge and it was transferred back to the Ventura office, where it was evaluated and leak tested on 9/25/2022 (found to be not leaking). The Riverside County Sheriff's office was informed that the gauge was recovered. Additionally, the Radiologic Health Branch was also notified that the stolen gauge had been recovered. On 9/29/2022, it was discovered that a supervisor at ICE RHB had received the initial notification from the CDPH duty officer, but due to competing demands, failed to forward the report to the RHB South office for follow-up action and reporting to the NRC. CA Event Number: 092222 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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| Twining, Inc. Mira Loma, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 7899-56 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+537.9 h22.413 days <br />3.202 weeks <br />0.737 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Andrew Taylor 15:24 Sep 29, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 56131 - NRC Website | |
Twining, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 561312022-09-07T05:30:0007 September 2022 05:30:00
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