The following was emailed from the CA Department of Health Services:
On June 25, 2004, one of the gauge users stopped at a gas station [in Encinitita, CA] to get gas. The gauge user came out of the gas station building to find his truck had been stolen with the gauge in the back of the truck inside a camper top. The gauge was inside the case. The case was secured to the bed of the truck by a chain that had been passed through the case handle and returned back to the tie down. The case was latched and locked, the gauge handle was locked with a key lock secured through the gauge handle. A police report was filed with the San Diego County Sheriff's office. A notification and reward will be given to the local paper. The gauge user was asked to notify us immediately if the truck and gauge were recovered. The gauge is a Troxler model 3411B, serial number 5275, containing 8 mCi [milliCuries] Cs-137 and 40 mCi [milliCuries] Am241:Be sources. The gauge was last leak tested on 5/16/04, with no excessive leakage detected.
CA Report number 032504
Emailed to TAS (Hahn) and faxed to Mexico's national Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards.
- * * UPDATE 1640 EDT ON 6/28/04 FROM ROBERT GREGER TO S. SANDIN * * *
The following update was provided via email:
This stolen gauge was recovered unharmed, along with the vehicle in which it was being transported at the time of its theft. We received the report of the recovery this morning from the licensee.
Notified R4DO Jack Whitten) and NMSS (Roberto Torres).
Emailed and faxed update to Mexico's national Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards.