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08:00 Feb 15, 2012 | |
| Title | |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of California via email:
On 02/16/12, the RSO at Testing Engineers (TE) contacted the RHB [Radiological Health Branch] reception desk to report a stolen gauge. She reported that an employee had his truck stolen which also contained his nuclear gauge. The gauge a CPN MC1, S/N MD 20206438 containing 10 mCi of Cs-137 and 50 mCi of Am-241 was stolen yesterday (02/15/12) between 1:00 to 4:15 pm [PST] in a parking lot near the employee's residence . . . [in] Fremont, CA. The gauge was stored inside of its transportation case and placed in the back of the truck with the bed cover locked in place. The transport case was secured with a cable attached to the bed of the truck. The gauge user found the truck stolen around 4:15 pm [PST]. The incident was reported to the Fremont police at that time. The gauge user failed to notify the RSO of the stolen gauge until the following day (02/16/12) [in the] morning. On 02/16/12, The TE [Testing Engineers, Inc.] RSO also notified this incident to Operations Emergency Center (report # 120902) and the NRC. 5010 Number (Date Notified): 021612 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 This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| Where | |
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| Testing Engineers, Inc. Martinez, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 3691-07 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+34.05 h1.419 days <br />0.203 weeks <br />0.0466 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kent Prendergast 18:03 Feb 16, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Feb 16, 2012 |
| 47671 - NRC Website | |
Testing Engineers, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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