Event Notification Report for June 25, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/24/2003 - 06/25/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39949 39951 39953
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39949 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/2003|
|LICENSEE: AGI GEOTECHNICAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:30[EDT]|
| CITY: VAN NUYS REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 06/19/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 07:30[PDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DALE POWERS R4 |
| |DOUG BROADDUS NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KATHLEEN KAUFMAN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| CALIFORNIA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| [DELETED] , Director LA County Radiological Health Management of the CA |
| Radiological Health Branch and [DELETED] Senior Health Physicist |
| [DELETED] ) called to report that a Moisture Density Gauge (50 milli-Curies |
| Am-241 and 10 milli-Curies Cs-137) (Manufacture Campbell Pacific, Model MC1, |
| serial # 11114098) was stolen from a truck at 7:30 AM PDT. The truck was |
| at 7-11 in Torrance, California and the driver was inside the 7-11. The |
| driver noticed the missing material after he drove away from the 7-11. The |
| licensee is AGI Geotechnical [DELETED] ). The Torrance Police Department |
| was notified. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39951 |
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| REP ORG: SC DIV OF HEALTH & ENV CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/2003|
|LICENSEE: GEO-SYSTEMS DESIGN & TESTING, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:42[EDT]|
| CITY: NEWBERRY REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 06/20/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: SC |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 412 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LEONARD WERT R2 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM PETERSON | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT |
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| The following information was received from South Carolina Department of |
| Health and Environmental Control via facsimile: |
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| "The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control was notified on June |
| 20, 2003, by a representative from Geo-Systems Design and Testing, that a |
| portable gauging device had been run over by a construction vehicle at a |
| construction work site. The gauge is a Campbell Pacific Nuclear model 131 |
| containing 10 [milliCuries] of cesium-137 and 50 [milliCuries] of Am-241:Be. |
| The licensee is maintaining constant surveillance of the damaged gauge. The |
| extent of damage at this time is unknown but the licensee has indicated the |
| gauge is crushed. State inspectors are responding at this time and are |
| traveling to the scene. Updates to this event will be made through the |
| national NMED system." |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39953 |
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| REP ORG: NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/2003|
|LICENSEE: TERACON |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:50[EDT]|
| CITY: LENEXA REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 06/20/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: KS |EVENT TIME: 11:00[CDT]|
|LICENSE#: DM346 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DALE POWERS R4 |
| |C.W. (BILL) REAMER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL FLOYD | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| The following information was obtained from the New Mexico Radiation Control |
| Bureau: |
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| At 1750 EDT on 06/20/03, the Program Manager of New Mexico's Radiation |
| Control Bureau reported a stolen Troxler Moisture Density Gauge (10 |
| milli-curies CS-137 and 44 milli-curies Am-241). The licensee's employee |
| reported that the gauge was in a box and chained to his truck at 2100 CDT |
| last night, 06/19/03. Today, 06/20/03, at 1100 CDT when the employee |
| reached the worksite in Ruidoso, NM, the gauge was missing. Apparently the |
| chain had been moved enough to open the box. The licensee is Teracon, |
| Lenexa, KS. The licensee was advised to report the incident to local law |
| enforcement. |
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