ENS Event | |
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13:00 Aug 4, 2023 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Stolen MOISTURE-DENSITY Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the California Department of Public Health via email:
On August 4, 2023, the Radiation Safety Officer for Anbessaw Consulting, Inc. contacted Los Angeles County Radiation Management to report a stolen moisture density gauge. After receiving the report, the information was forwarded to the California Department of Public Health. The gauge was a CPN International model MC-3, Serial Number M320500859 [10 mCi Cs-137 (nominal), 50 mCi Am-241:Be (nominal)]. The gauge was stolen from a 20 foot [long] Container Express (CONEX) box stored at a fenced in and secured construction site with security guards. The gauge was placed in storage around 1700 [PDT] on August 3, 2023, and discovered to be missing around 0600-0615 on August 4, 2023. The lock on the CONEX box had been cut and the transport case containing the gauge was removed from the CONEX box. No other items were stolen from the CONEX box. The transport box was secured with a lock, and a lock was placed on the trigger of the gauge. After a search of the area near the CONEX box was conducted without finding the gauge, the Los Angeles Police Department was contacted, and a burglary report was filed. After the report was filed, a further search of the construction site and the area surrounding the site was made without finding the gauge or its transport case. The licensee's investigation into this event is ongoing and will be reviewed further by the California Department of Public Health. 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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| Anbessaw Consulting, Inc. Pomona, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 8357-19 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+6.28 h0.262 days <br />0.0374 weeks <br />0.0086 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Donald Oesterle 19:17 Aug 4, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Ernest West |
| Last Updated: | Aug 4, 2023 |
| 56659 - NRC Website | |
Anbessaw Consulting, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 566592023-08-04T13:00:0004 August 2023 13:00:00
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