The state of
New Jersey provided notification that a licensee (French and Parrello) reported a
Troxler moisture density gauge (Model 3430, Serial #38931)
stolen. The
gauge was in the possession of a contractor (employed by Aerotek staffing agency) who has not shown up for work for several days. Attempts have been made to contact the contractor.
New Jersey instructed the licensee to contact local law enforcement. The
gauge contains 40mCi
Am-241 and 8mCi
Cs-137.
NJ EVENT: 14-09-19-1107-54
- * * UPDATE FROM JACK TWAY TO HOWIE CROUCH (VIA EMAIL) ON 9/19/14 AT 1231 EDT * * *
The gauge operator contacted the Wall Township Police Department to inform them that he was in possession of the gauge and would be returning it to the licensee today.
Notified R1DO (Lilliendahl), FSME Events Resource (email), and ILTAB (email).
- * * UPDATE FROM JACK TWAY TO HOWIE CROUCH (VIA EMAIL) ON 10/10/14 AT 1019 EDT * * *
The gauge was, in fact, returned to the licensee on 9/19/14. The State of New Jersey received a written report of the event from the licensee and considers this case closed.
Notified R1DO (Bower), FSME Events Resource (email) and ILTAB (email).
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