ENS Event | |
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11:00 Sep 19, 2005 | |
| Title | Stolen Humboldt Scientific Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | An employee of Geomechanics notified his company that a Humboldt Scientific gauge was stolen from his truck. The moisture density gauge is a Humboldt Scientific (Model 5001, S/N 4731) with 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be and 10 millicuries of Cs-137. The source serial numbers are NJ04997 and 5850CM respectively. The employee was parked overnight in a Holiday Inn Express parking lot in Charleston West Virginia when the theft occurred. The gauge was locked in a container, which was chained to the bed of the truck. The licensee notified the LLEA and they are investigating the incident. The licensee is not expecting any media attention, and is not offering a reward.
Less than the quantity of an IAEA Category 3 source. 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. For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA 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.
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| Where | |
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| Geomechanics Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 37-17332-01 |
| Organization: | Geomechanics |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.47 h-0.103 days <br />-0.0147 weeks <br />-0.00338 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Walter Lorence 08:32 Sep 19, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Sep 23, 2005 |
| 41999 - NRC Website | |
Geomechanics with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Stolen Humboldt Scientific Moisture Density Gauge 2005-09-19T11:00:00 | |