Event Notification Report for July 09, 2012
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/08/2012 - 07/09/2012
EVENT NUMBERS
48079
Agreement State
Event Number: 48079
Rep Org: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM
Licensee: LGC GEOTECHNICAL INC
Region: 4
City: SAN CLEMENTE State: CA
County:
License #: 6934-30
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DONELLE KRAJEWSKI
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE
Licensee: LGC GEOTECHNICAL INC
Region: 4
City: SAN CLEMENTE State: CA
County:
License #: 6934-30
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DONELLE KRAJEWSKI
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE
Notification Date: 07/09/2012
Notification Time: 14:17 [ET]
Event Date: 07/09/2012
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 07/09/2012
Notification Time: 14:17 [ET]
Event Date: 07/09/2012
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 07/09/2012
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
MARK HAIRE (R4DO)
DENNIS ALLSTON (ILTA)
FSME EVENT RESOURCE (EMAI)
MEXICO GOVERNMENT (FAX)
MARK HAIRE (R4DO)
DENNIS ALLSTON (ILTA)
FSME EVENT RESOURCE (EMAI)
MEXICO GOVERNMENT (FAX)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following information was provided by the State of California via facsimile:
"At 0818 [PDT] on July 9, 2012, RHB was notified by CalEMA [California Emergency Management Agency] that they had received a report of a stolen gauge. The gauge CPN MC-1DR #MD20706668) was discovered stolen this morning when the gauge user arrived at the job site in Ontario, CA. The lock on the mini storage trailer was broken and the chain that bolted the gauge (in the locked case) to the structure was broken and the gauge and case were removed. The gauge case was locked.
"At 1015 [PDT] on the same morning, the licensee reported the gauge and case had been found on a dirt road in another city from where it was stolen. There was no damage to the gauge and the lock had been removed from the case. The handle of the gauge was not locked and the licensee [was] cited because of this."
CA 5010 # 070912
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
The following information was provided by the State of California via facsimile:
"At 0818 [PDT] on July 9, 2012, RHB was notified by CalEMA [California Emergency Management Agency] that they had received a report of a stolen gauge. The gauge CPN MC-1DR #MD20706668) was discovered stolen this morning when the gauge user arrived at the job site in Ontario, CA. The lock on the mini storage trailer was broken and the chain that bolted the gauge (in the locked case) to the structure was broken and the gauge and case were removed. The gauge case was locked.
"At 1015 [PDT] on the same morning, the licensee reported the gauge and case had been found on a dirt road in another city from where it was stolen. There was no damage to the gauge and the lock had been removed from the case. The handle of the gauge was not locked and the licensee [was] cited because of this."
CA 5010 # 070912
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