ENS 53536
ENS Event | |
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06:00 Aug 2, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Missing Portable Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was received via E-mail:
At [approximately] 3:30 pm [MDT] on 8/2/2018, Eb Engineering reported that a portable density gauge was missing. A technician first discovered it at about 2:00 pm on 8/2/2018 when he came back from a job site; the gauge along with the transport box, chain, and lock were all missing from the truck. However, nothing else seems to be taken from the truck. He attempted to search along the roads he had been to, but nothing was found. He reported to another staff of this company and, at the time of this report, this staff is currently driving back to the job site to conduct another search. At this point, it has not been determined whether this gauge simply fell off the truck or was stolen. More information will be provided once available. Device Type: Density Manufacture: Troxler Model Number: 3411B Isotope and Activity: Cs-137, 8 mCi and Am-241/Be, 40mCi
The following information was received via email: The licensee attempted a few hours of search in the late afternoon and evening of 8/2/2018 but only found the chain and lock at a street cross section in Longmont, CO. In the morning of 8/3/2018, a public member contacted the licensee that he got the box. This public member found the box from the side of the street, thought it was a cooler, and brought it to his girlfriend's home. Then he saw the RAM label on the box and contacted the licensee in the morning of 8/3/2018. In the morning of 8/3/2018, the box and the gauge were then back to the licensee's possession shortly after the licensee got the call from this public member. When the box was returned from this public member to the licensee, the box was not locked but the gauge handle was locked. It did not appear to have any damage to the box or the gauge or the source. Overall, there were at least two public members involved in this event (the one who found the box and his girlfriend) but their exposures are still to be determined. Additional information will be included in the NMED report once available. NMED Event Report ID No.: CO180016 Notified R4DO (Vasquez), ILTAB, and NMSS Events Notification via 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 |
| Where | |
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| Eb Engineering, Inc Boulder, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | CO 434-01 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.57 h0.524 days <br />0.0748 weeks <br />0.0172 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Shiya Wang 18:34 Aug 2, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Brian Lin |
| Last Updated: | Aug 6, 2018 |
| 53536 - NRC Website | |
Eb Engineering, Inc with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Missing Portable Density Gauge 2018-08-02T06:00:00 | |