Event Notification Report for December 21, 2005
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
12/20/2005 - 12/21/2005
EVENT NUMBERS
42221
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 42221
Rep Org: McDOWELL AND ASSOCIATES
Licensee: McDOWELL AND ASSICIATES
Region: 3
City: FERNDALE State: MI
County:
License #: 21-18724-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOHN KALISZ
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Licensee: McDOWELL AND ASSICIATES
Region: 3
City: FERNDALE State: MI
County:
License #: 21-18724-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOHN KALISZ
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Notification Date: 12/22/2005
Notification Time: 14:10 [ET]
Event Date: 12/21/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EST]
Last Update Date: 12/22/2005
Notification Time: 14:10 [ET]
Event Date: 12/21/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EST]
Last Update Date: 12/22/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
Person (Organization):
HIRONORI PETERSON (R3)
GREG MORELL (NMSS)
JIM WHITNEY (email) (TAS)
HIRONORI PETERSON (R3)
GREG MORELL (NMSS)
JIM WHITNEY (email) (TAS)
STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
A licensee's employee had his 1988 Cadillac Brougham stolen while it was parked in front of his house in Westland, MI and a Troxler moisture density gauge was inside the vehicle (Model 3440, S/N 13815, containing 8 millicuries of Cs-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241:Be). The gauge was locked in its wired down casing. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 1900 and 0400 hours on 12/21/05 and 12/22/05 respectively. The licensee contacted NRC Region III, the Westland Police (report No.0542989) and the State Police who subsequently contacted the State Homeland Security.
* * * UPDATE AT 1705 ON 12/22/05 FROM J. KALISZ TO A. COSTA * * *
The licensee reported that the automobile was taken away at the owner's location by a car repossession company. The gauge and its case were intact inside the car and have been recovered by the licensee.
Notified R3 DO (Peterson), NMSS EO (Camper) and TAS (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.
A licensee's employee had his 1988 Cadillac Brougham stolen while it was parked in front of his house in Westland, MI and a Troxler moisture density gauge was inside the vehicle (Model 3440, S/N 13815, containing 8 millicuries of Cs-137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241:Be). The gauge was locked in its wired down casing. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 1900 and 0400 hours on 12/21/05 and 12/22/05 respectively. The licensee contacted NRC Region III, the Westland Police (report No.0542989) and the State Police who subsequently contacted the State Homeland Security.
* * * UPDATE AT 1705 ON 12/22/05 FROM J. KALISZ TO A. COSTA * * *
The licensee reported that the automobile was taken away at the owner's location by a car repossession company. The gauge and its case were intact inside the car and have been recovered by the licensee.
Notified R3 DO (Peterson), NMSS EO (Camper) and TAS (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.