CALIF - REWARD OFFER PROMPTS RECOVERY OF STOLEN GAUGE

AGI GEOTECHNICAL (VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA) NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/2003

CALIFORNIA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE

* * * UPDATE ON 7/10/03 AT 0707 PM VIA EMAIL FROM R. GREGER * * *

"On 6/19/03 AGI Geotechnical, a CA licensee, reported the theft that morning of one of its portable nuclear gauges from a convenience store in Torrance, CA. The gauge was taken from the bed of the operator's parked pick-up truck by someone who apparently cut the lock on the chain that locked the gauge to the pickup truck. The licensee reported the theft to the local police department and placed an ad in the local press offering a reward for the return of the gauge. On 7/7/03 the licensee reported having received a call from an individual in response to the reward ad. The individual indicated that he knew who had stolen the gauge and where it was. The licensee retrieved the gauge that day and returned it to its offices in Van Nuys, CA. A state inspector visited the licensee to physically inspect the gauge and confirm its identity. The gauge appeared to be in a normal condition, undamaged, with no evidence of a radiological hazard. However, the transport case for the gauge was cracked in several places and was missing DOT labels, so it would need to be replaced. The licensee will have the gauge checked and leak tested by the manufacturer's service representative to ensure that the radioactive source was not damaged."

Notified TAS (Whitney) and R4DO (Kennedy).

[Original report] ... [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:   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:  07/11/2003|
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|                                                |DALE POWERS          R4      |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  KATHLEEN KAUFMAN             |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
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|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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