Event Notification Report for April 28, 2018
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
04/27/2018 - 04/28/2018
EVENT NUMBERS
53368
Agreement State
Event Number: 53368
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Licensee: ALPHA TEST INCORPORATED
Region: 4
City: DALLAS State: TX
County:
License #: L 03411
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ART TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: BETHANY CECERE
Licensee: ALPHA TEST INCORPORATED
Region: 4
City: DALLAS State: TX
County:
License #: L 03411
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ART TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: BETHANY CECERE
Notification Date: 04/28/2018
Notification Time: 15:18 [ET]
Event Date: 04/28/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 04/28/2018
Notification Time: 15:18 [ET]
Event Date: 04/28/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 04/28/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
MICHAEL VASQUEZ (R4DO)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
MICHAEL VASQUEZ (R4DO)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following information was obtained from the state of Texas via email:
"On April 28, 2018, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a Troxler model 3430 moisture/density gauge had been stolen from a company truck [in Houston, TX]. The gauge contains a 40 milliCurie cesium - 137 source and an 8 milliCurie americium source. The gauge was not in the transport case. The RSO did not know if the source rod was locked in the shielded position. The technician who had checked the gauge out had taken the gauge to his apartment (against company policy) and had placed it in the front seat of the truck to recharge it. When the technician came down the next morning to leave, they found a front window of the truck broken and the gauge gone. Local law enforcement has been notified of the theft. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
TX Incident #: 9565
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 obtained from the state of Texas via email:
"On April 28, 2018, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a Troxler model 3430 moisture/density gauge had been stolen from a company truck [in Houston, TX]. The gauge contains a 40 milliCurie cesium - 137 source and an 8 milliCurie americium source. The gauge was not in the transport case. The RSO did not know if the source rod was locked in the shielded position. The technician who had checked the gauge out had taken the gauge to his apartment (against company policy) and had placed it in the front seat of the truck to recharge it. When the technician came down the next morning to leave, they found a front window of the truck broken and the gauge gone. Local law enforcement has been notified of the theft. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
TX Incident #: 9565
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