The licensee discovered that a
Troxler moisture/density
gauge was
stolen sometime between 1600
CDT on 09/07/08 and 0730
CDT on 09/08/08. This was a
Troxler Model 3430, S/N 29518 with two sources of 10mCi,
Cs-137 and 40mCi, AmBe-241
stolen from a FUGRO consultants Inc. employee from a private residence in Waco, TX. This was reported to the Cities of Waco and Woodway Police Departments and filed under case # 08-21954 for the former.
Please refer to TX incident # I-8551.
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.