The following information was received via e-mail:
Tech was working late and took the gauge home chained to the bed of the pickup. It was last seen at 10:30 p.m. on June 30 and was not there at 5 a.m. July 1. The chain had been cut and the box with the gauge was gone. The keys were not taken. Licensee has been advised to offer a reward for the return of the gauge. Florida is investigating.
Additional Information:
Florida Incident No: FL04-097
Incident location:
581 Oleander Road
Lake Worth, Fl 33462
A.A. Engineering and Testing, Inc.
860 Jupiter Park Drive
Jupiter, Fl 33458
Soil Moisture Density Gauge:
Troxler Model 3430, S/N 26474
Isotope: Cs-137 (8 millicuries) ; Am-241:Be (40 millicuries).
- UPDATE on 07/01/04 at 1530 EDT from Charles Adams (emailed) entered by MacKinnon ***
The gauge was found by a citizen who claimed that he had found the gauge last night at a Home Depot. The citizen met a licensee representative at a gas station and traded the gauge for $100. The lock to the case had been cut, but the trigger lock was intact and the gauge was undamaged. Florida continues it's investigation.
NRC Region 1( Cliff Anderson),
NMSS (
Linda Gersey) & TAS (Danis) notified.