ENS 48482
ENS Event | |
|---|---|
06:00 Nov 2, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report- Missing Troxler |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Texas via email:
On November 6, 2012, the licensee notified the Agency [State of Texas] that at approximately 0820 hrs one of its employees had discovered that a Troxler Model 3411B moisture/density gauge, containing one 8 millicurie cesium-137 source and one 40 millicurie americium-241/beryllium source, had been stolen from the company-owned vehicle while it was parked at his residence in Laredo, Texas, sometime during the preceding weekend. The licensee reported that the employee had left a temporary work site on Friday, November 2, 2012, and gone to his residence due to a family emergency and had failed to return the gauge to the licensed location. While the employee was loading the vehicle to go to a temporary work site this morning, he realized he had left the gauge in the vehicle over the weekend. When he checked the vehicle, he found the chains had been cut and the gauge was gone. The licensee notified local law enforcement. More information will be provided as it is obtained per SA-300. Gauge info: Troxler, Model 3411B, SN: 13121 Texas Incident Number: I-9007
The following information was received from the State of Texas via e-mail: The Troxler Model 3411B moisture/density gauge that was stolen sometime between November 2-6, 2012, in Laredo, TX, was recovered by the licensee on February 2, 2013. The licensee was contacted by an unknown person who was offering a machine for sale, no questions asked. Suspecting it was probably their gauge, the licensee made arrangements to buy it. The licensee has no information on the seller. The licensee notified local law enforcement of the recovery. Notified the R4DO (Proulx), FSME Resources, ILTAB (Johnson), and Mexico. 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Carrillo & Associates Inc San Antonio, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L05804 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+101.17 h4.215 days <br />0.602 weeks <br />0.139 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Blanchard 12:10 Nov 6, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Feb 5, 2013 |
| 48482 - NRC Website | |
Carrillo & Associates Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 484822012-11-02T06:00:0002 November 2012 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report- Missing Troxler 2012-11-02T06:00:00 | |