ENS Event | |
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07:00 Aug 9, 2024 | |
| Title | Lost/Stolen Portable Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the California Department of Public Health, Radiologic Health Branch (RHB) via email:
The radiation safety officer for Giles Engineering contacted the RHB in Sacramento to report a lost/stolen CPN portable nuclear gauge, model MC-1, serial number MD71003961. This gauge contains two radioactive sealed sources: 370 MBq (10 mCi) of Cs-137 and 1.9 GBq (50 mCi) of Am-241. The loss / theft occurred about on Friday August 9, 2024, while in Palm Springs at a job project. The CPN [brand] gauge was secured in the rear of the company pickup truck, locked inside the locked case. The gauge operator got stuck in deep sand at the job site, so he removed the security chain to get pulled out. He failed to re-secure the portable gauge to the pick-up truck and noticed it was missing while he was stopped at a local gas station. A police report was filed with Palm Springs police department. Maurer Technical Services and Instrotek were also notified. California 5010 Number: 081224 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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| Giles Engineering Associates, Inc. Palm Springs, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 4592-30 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+83.73 h3.489 days <br />0.498 weeks <br />0.115 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Donald Oesterle 18:44 Aug 12, 2024 |
| NRC Officer: | Josue Ramirez |
| Last Updated: | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 57269 - NRC Website | |
Giles Engineering Associates, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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