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Damaged gauge news

October 21, 2004

* Texas - leaky tritium source (214 mCi electron capture detector, UT at Austin)

March 15, 2004

* Maryland - dump truck ran over 50 mCi gauge; no leakage

March 11, 2004

* Missouri - Hidden corrosion likely contributed to density gauge source head breaking off

August 21, 2003

*Washington - troxler gauge run over by car, dragged 90-feet, sources stayed intact

July 1, 2003

* North Carolina - work van ran over density gauge on highway paving project in Chapel Hill

June 23, 2003:

* Indiana - thickness gauge source holder damaged at Nucor Steel (Crawfordsville)



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