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04:00 Apr 28, 2006 | |
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| Event Description | Event was received at the NRC Operation Center via e-mail.
This office was notified of the theft of a soil moisture density gauge at a temporary job site. While the tech was inside a building, which is under construction, drilling holes, the locked transportation box was forced open and the gauge was stolen. They did not get the keys to the gauge. The licensee is considering offering a reward for the return the gauge. Florida is investigating." Incident occurred at 3251 NW 103rd Street, Miami, FL. Troxler Model Number 3430, Serial Number 26593. Contains 8 milliCuries of Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be. Florida Incident Number: FL06-055
Florida Investigator has determined that the transportation case was not locked and was not in view of the tech when the gauge was taken." R1DO (Barkley) & NMSS (Morell) notified and NSIR (ILTAB) e-mailed. 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. |
| Where | |
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| Arco Engineering & Testing Consultants, Inc. Hialeah, Florida (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 3093-1 |
| Organization: | Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.08 h0.462 days <br />0.066 weeks <br />0.0152 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Charles E. Adams 15:05 Apr 28, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Apr 28, 2006 |
| 42535 - NRC Website | |
Arco Engineering & Testing Consultants, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 425352006-04-28T04:00:00028 April 2006 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report from the State of Florida - Stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge 2006-04-28T04:00:00 | |