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15:22 Nov 28, 2005 | |
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| Event Description | At 0830 on November 28, 2005, RHB-Brea received a call from the licensee that one of their gauges (CPN, MC1-DRP, #MD20306488 containing 10 mCi Cs-137 and 50 mCi Am-241:Be) was stolen out of their construction trailer that was located at a temporary job site (KB Homes - "The Cove" construction site, located at the corner of Warren Road and Cottonwood in San Jacinto, CA). Three of the four construction trailers at this job site had been broken into over the same time period - the security metal plates (covering the locks to the doors) had all been pried open and the locks to the doors were cut off and were removed from the site. The theft occurred sometime between 1130 on November 23, 2005 (when the gauge user secured the gauge inside the construction trailer) and 0722 on November 28, 2005 (when the gauge user returned to the job site and discovered the theft). The last leak test for this gauge was performed on January 4, 2005 and was negative for removable contamination. The licensee contacted the San Jacinto Police Department to report the theft. They will also post a $1000 reward for the gauge in the local paper.
CA NMED #: XCA-824
The gauge was located about a week ago and returned to the owner Leighton and Associates. The gauge was not damaged. A leak test was performed and the results are pending. Local law enforcement are still investigating. Notified R4DO (Whitten), NMSS EO (Flanders), emailed to ILTAB and Mexico. 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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| Leighton And Associates Irvine, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 3109-30 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.95 h-0.0813 days <br />-0.0116 weeks <br />-0.00267 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Donelle Krajewski 13:25 Nov 28, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Mar 2, 2006 |
| 42172 - NRC Website | |
Leighton And Associates with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 427312006-07-26T21:05:00026 July 2006 21:05:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture Density Gauge ENS 421722005-11-28T15:22:00028 November 2005 15:22:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving a Stolen Nuclear Gauge 2006-07-26T21:05:00 | |