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21:00 Apr 27, 2005 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report of Stolen Troxler Gauge |
| Event Description | A Troxler gauge was stolen from the back of a truck parked at the licensee's address sometime between 1700 EDT on 4/27/05 and 0800 EDT on 4/28/05. Bolt cutters were used to remove the Troxler which was locked. The State noted that the Troxler should not have been left in the truck overnight. The licensee will be contacting the Police.
The Troxler was a model 3440, Serial Number 15579, with an 8 millicurie Cs-137 and a 44 millicurie Am-241/Be source. State Report number is 05-17
The Troxler Moisture Density Gauge has been recovered. The thief was apprehended and as part of a plea agreement, on 12/14/2005, notified the Durham Public Defender of the location of the density gauge. The Troxler was found partially buried in the woods. It was not in its case but was protected from the elements by a vinyl container. The gauge was transported a few miles to the Troxler plant. Notified the R1DO (Dimitridis), NMSS EO (Karas) and TAS (via E-mail). 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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| Ctl Engineering Durham, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 032-1046-1 |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.33 h0.514 days <br />0.0734 weeks <br />0.0169 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Sham Jeffries 09:20 Apr 28, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Dec 16, 2005 |
| 41647 - NRC Website | |
Ctl Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 416472005-04-27T21:00:00027 April 2005 21:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report of Stolen Troxler Gauge 2005-04-27T21:00:00 | |