Event Notification Report for February 15, 2019
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
02/14/2019 - 02/15/2019
EVENT NUMBERS
53878
Agreement State
Event Number: 53878
Rep Org: MISSISSIPPI DIV OF RAD HEALTH
Licensee: MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Region: 4
City: RED CREEK State: MS
County:
License #: MS-261-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JASON MOAK
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH
Licensee: MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Region: 4
City: RED CREEK State: MS
County:
License #: MS-261-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JASON MOAK
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH
Notification Date: 02/15/2019
Notification Time: 13:33 [ET]
Event Date: 02/15/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/15/2019
Notification Time: 13:33 [ET]
Event Date: 02/15/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/15/2019
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
VINCENT GADDY (R4DO)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
VINCENT GADDY (R4DO)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - THEFT OF A MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following was received from the state of Mississippi via email:
"Mississippi Department of Transportation (MS-261-01) reported that a Troxler Model 3440 (serial number: 19297) portable gauge containing 10 milliCuries of cesium-137 and 44 milliCuries of americium-241/beryllium was stolen from the licensee's job site trailer closet in Red Creek, Mississippi. The gauge was padlocked in its original carrying case. Local law enforcement and the FBI have been notified. Follow-up information will be provided to the NRC on the recovery of the stolen gauge and entered into the Nuclear Material Events Database."
Mississippi Report Number: MS-190001
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 was received from the state of Mississippi via email:
"Mississippi Department of Transportation (MS-261-01) reported that a Troxler Model 3440 (serial number: 19297) portable gauge containing 10 milliCuries of cesium-137 and 44 milliCuries of americium-241/beryllium was stolen from the licensee's job site trailer closet in Red Creek, Mississippi. The gauge was padlocked in its original carrying case. Local law enforcement and the FBI have been notified. Follow-up information will be provided to the NRC on the recovery of the stolen gauge and entered into the Nuclear Material Events Database."
Mississippi Report Number: MS-190001
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