ENS Event | |
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08:00 Dec 24, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stolen Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | Portable moisture density gauge was stolen along with vehicle (Jeep Cherokee) on night of December 23 or 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gauge loss may have been incidental to theft of vehicle, however company policy was to return gauge to office.
Troxler model 3411 portable moisture density gauge, s/n 12367 Sources: 40 milliCuries Am-241:Be and 8 milliCuries Cs-137 A police report has been filed with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. Nevada Event Report: NV-06-008 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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| Joseph A. Cesare And Assoc. Las Vegas, Nevada (NRC Region 4) | |
| Organization: | Nv Div Of Rad Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+53.8 h2.242 days <br />0.32 weeks <br />0.0737 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Wayne Yates 13:48 Dec 26, 2006 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 26, 2006 |
| 43063 - NRC Website | |
Joseph A. Cesare And Assoc. with Agreement State | |
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