Event Notification Report for November 29, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
11/28/2002 - 11/29/2002
EVENT NUMBERS
39417
General Information or Other
Event Number: 39417
Rep Org: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM
Licensee: GEOSOILS
Region: 4
City: VAN NUYS State: CA
County:
License #: CA 4741-19
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BARBARA HAMRICK
HQ OPS Officer: FANGIE JONES
Licensee: GEOSOILS
Region: 4
City: VAN NUYS State: CA
County:
License #: CA 4741-19
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BARBARA HAMRICK
HQ OPS Officer: FANGIE JONES
Notification Date: 12/02/2002
Notification Time: 17:42 [ET]
Event Date: 11/29/2002
Event Time: 09:00 [PST]
Last Update Date: 12/06/2002
Notification Time: 17:42 [ET]
Event Date: 11/29/2002
Event Time: 09:00 [PST]
Last Update Date: 12/06/2002
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
WILLIAM JONES (R4)
THOMAS ESSIG (NMSS)
WILLIAM JONES (R4)
THOMAS ESSIG (NMSS)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
"This is to report a stolen moisture density gauge in the State of California (California incident number 112902).
"The licensee is Geosoils in Van Nuys, California (California license number 4741-19). The gauge was reported stolen via a voice-mail message left Friday morning, November 29, 2002. The State offices were closed that day for the Thanksgiving holiday.
"The gauge was stolen some time mid-morning on November 29, 2002, from the back of a pick-up truck, parked at a residence in the city of Gardena. The chain securing the gauge package to the truck was cut. The local police took a report. The licensee will be running an ad offering a reward for the return of the gauge for the next 10 days in the local newspaper.
"This is all the information we have at the present time. We are awaiting a report from the licensee, confirming the activity and nuclide(s) in the gauge, as well as the serial number, and other information."
* * * * UPDATE FROM ROBERT GREGOR TO MIKE RIPLEY (VIA FAX) AT 1509 EST ON 12/6/02
"On December 5, 2002, GeoSoils left a message on my voicemail stating that the gauge had been recovered, and was intact.
"December 6, 2002, telephone call with Ron Allen, RSO. The gauge was founded abandoned on Alabama Street, in South Central Los Angeles.
"LAPD and LAFD were notified that there was a suspicious orange package with radiation symbols that was unattended in the street. Both agencies responded, inspected the package, and determined that it was undamaged and so they checked it into evidence at the Lynwood Police Dept.
"GeoSoils was notified by LAPD that their property had been found, and they could come retrieve it.
"GeoSoils took photographs of the gauge, determined that the sources were still in the gauge, and will send the gauge to Maurer Associates (the local CPN authorized service representative) for a thorough inspection."
Notified R4DO (Williams) and NMSS EO (Fred Brown)
"This is to report a stolen moisture density gauge in the State of California (California incident number 112902).
"The licensee is Geosoils in Van Nuys, California (California license number 4741-19). The gauge was reported stolen via a voice-mail message left Friday morning, November 29, 2002. The State offices were closed that day for the Thanksgiving holiday.
"The gauge was stolen some time mid-morning on November 29, 2002, from the back of a pick-up truck, parked at a residence in the city of Gardena. The chain securing the gauge package to the truck was cut. The local police took a report. The licensee will be running an ad offering a reward for the return of the gauge for the next 10 days in the local newspaper.
"This is all the information we have at the present time. We are awaiting a report from the licensee, confirming the activity and nuclide(s) in the gauge, as well as the serial number, and other information."
* * * * UPDATE FROM ROBERT GREGOR TO MIKE RIPLEY (VIA FAX) AT 1509 EST ON 12/6/02
"On December 5, 2002, GeoSoils left a message on my voicemail stating that the gauge had been recovered, and was intact.
"December 6, 2002, telephone call with Ron Allen, RSO. The gauge was founded abandoned on Alabama Street, in South Central Los Angeles.
"LAPD and LAFD were notified that there was a suspicious orange package with radiation symbols that was unattended in the street. Both agencies responded, inspected the package, and determined that it was undamaged and so they checked it into evidence at the Lynwood Police Dept.
"GeoSoils was notified by LAPD that their property had been found, and they could come retrieve it.
"GeoSoils took photographs of the gauge, determined that the sources were still in the gauge, and will send the gauge to Maurer Associates (the local CPN authorized service representative) for a thorough inspection."
Notified R4DO (Williams) and NMSS EO (Fred Brown)