ENS 45259

v t e ENS Event
21:30 Aug 11, 2009
Title	Agreement State Report - Stolen Troxler Subsequently Recovered
Event Description	The following was provided by the State via e-mail: [An] 8 mCi Cs-137 source [was] stolen from PaveTex at 16:30 CST 8/11/2009 at the O'Reilly Auto Parts on US 87 in Big Spring, TX. [The] Source was in a Troxler model 4640 thin layer density gauge, serial no. 1280. [The State was] notified [at] 15:30 CST on 8/12 that the source was located by a member of the public at the TA Truck stop on I-20 at US-87 north of town and that [the] site RSO had sent someone to pick up [the] gauge. Texas Incident # - I-8654 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.

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Where
Pavetex Engineering And Testing Inc Lubbock, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	05533
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+20.52 h0.855 days <br />0.122 weeks <br />0.0281 months <br />)
Opened:	Ruben Cortez 18:01 Aug 12, 2009
NRC Officer:	Jason Kozal
Last Updated:	Aug 12, 2009
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