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Theft of portable radioactive gauge |
On June 17th, 2012 a portable radioactive gauge was stolen from the store room of BISA company, in a mining plant. The radioactive gauge was used to density and moisture measurements and it was stolen jointly with other belongs from company by breaching the store room door.
The radioactive gauge is a TROXLER manufactured and model 3440P and serial 65350. It contains two Category 4 radioactive sources: Cesium-137 (296 MBq) and Am-241/Be (1,48 GBq).
The theft was notified to the National Police and Technical Office for National Authority. An Advice Notice was issued to the public to warn about how to act whether radioactivge gauge is located.
Any health consequence has been reported.
Update: October, 09, 2014
On June 17th, 2012 a portable radioactive gauge was stolen from the store room of BISA company, in a mining plant. The radioactive gauge was used to density and moisture measurements and it was stolen jointly with other belongs from company by breaching the store room door.
The radioactive gauge is a TROXLER manufactured and model 3440P and serial 65350. It contains two Category 4 radioactive sources: Cesium-137 (296 MBq) and Am-241/Be (1,48 GBq).
The theft was notified to the National Police and Technical Office for National Authority. An Advice Notice was issued to the public to warn about how to act whether radioactivge gauge is located.
Any health consequence has been reported.
Event date: Sun, 17-06-2012
