ENS 45887
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Apr 30, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Gauge |
| Event Description | The State provided this information via email:
On April 30, 2010, at 1750 hours0.0203 days <br />0.486 hours <br />0.00289 weeks <br />6.65875e-4 months <br />, the Agency [State] received a report from the licensee stating that a Troxler moisture/density gauge (Model 3430 - Serial # 31489) was missing from a construction site at 6185 Retail Road in Dallas, Texas. The gauge contains an 8 milliCuries Cesium (Cs) - 137 source serial # 750-6245, and a 40 milliCuries Americium - 241/Beryllium (Am\Be) source serial # 47- 5598. The license reported that the gauge user (worker) had used the gauge earlier in the day and had secured and locked it in their storage trailer at the site around 1300. The worker left the site around 1400 for his lunch break. The worker returned to the site around 1500, and around 1630 he returned to the storage trailer. At that time, he discovered the trailer lock and gauge were missing. The worker informed the Apex Project manager and the company service manager. The worker was instructed to conduct a thorough site search and contact all of their personnel with access to the site to see if they could determine the location of the gauge. After a thorough search and numerous telephone calls to various Apex personnel to make sure the gauge in fact was missing and not inadvertently picked up by another employee, the Corporate Radiation Safety Officer, Apex President, and this Agency was contacted to report the gauge missing. The licensee speculates that the gauge was stolen. They are not aware of any former employees who left under bad circumstances and would have reason to take the gauge as a prank or as a vehicle for reprisal against them. The licensee has spoken to others at the site and does not believe any one at the site is in possession of the gauge. The licensee has stated that they are considering a reward for the gauges' return. Texas Incident Report # I-8738 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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| Apex Geoscience, Inc Tyler, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 04929 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+15.63 h0.651 days <br />0.093 weeks <br />0.0214 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 20:38 Apr 30, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Apr 30, 2010 |
| 45887 - NRC Website | |
Apex Geoscience, Inc with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Gauge 2010-04-30T05:00:00 | |