Event Notification Report for January 08, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
01/07/2022 - 01/08/2022
EVENT NUMBERS
55699
55699
Agreement State
Event Number: 55699
Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services
Licensee: Reed Engineering Group Ltd
Region: 4
City: Dallas State: TX
County:
License #: L04343
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Karen Blanchard
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Licensee: Reed Engineering Group Ltd
Region: 4
City: Dallas State: TX
County:
License #: L04343
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Karen Blanchard
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Notification Date: 01/10/2022
Notification Time: 13:43 [ET]
Event Date: 01/08/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2022
Notification Time: 13:43 [ET]
Event Date: 01/08/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Groom, Jeremy (R4)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
CNSNS (Mexico), - (EMAIL)
Groom, Jeremy (R4)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
CNSNS (Mexico), - (EMAIL)
EN Revision Imported Date: 2/10/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE
The following was received from the State of Texas (the Agency) via email:
"On January 10, 2022, the licensee notified the Agency that on Saturday, January 8, 2022, one of its technicians had taken a Troxler 3440 moisture/density gauge (SN: 37429) to their residence after completing a job and left it secured in the back of his pick-up truck. On the morning of January 9, 2022, the technician discovered the gauge had been stolen from the truck and reported the theft to his supervisor and a report was made to the police. The licensee has notified the local gauge service company, will search the area where the gauge was stolen, and will investigate posting reward poster(s). More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Activity of the sealed sources are not known at this time. Troxler specifications indicate the typical sources to be Cesium-137 (8 mCi) and Americium-241/Be (40mCi) at the time of manufacturing.
Texas Incident Number: I-9907
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
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE
The following was received from the State of Texas (the Agency) via email:
"On January 10, 2022, the licensee notified the Agency that on Saturday, January 8, 2022, one of its technicians had taken a Troxler 3440 moisture/density gauge (SN: 37429) to their residence after completing a job and left it secured in the back of his pick-up truck. On the morning of January 9, 2022, the technician discovered the gauge had been stolen from the truck and reported the theft to his supervisor and a report was made to the police. The licensee has notified the local gauge service company, will search the area where the gauge was stolen, and will investigate posting reward poster(s). More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300."
Activity of the sealed sources are not known at this time. Troxler specifications indicate the typical sources to be Cesium-137 (8 mCi) and Americium-241/Be (40mCi) at the time of manufacturing.
Texas Incident Number: I-9907
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