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Stolen gamma densitometer

During the night of 13 to 14 April 2017, a gamma densitometer (Troxler 3440), which was used on a levelling work site, has been stolen from its storage location (Southern France).
It contains 2 radiation sources as follows :
1 Cesium 137 of 296 MBq activity
1 Americium/Beryllium 241 of 1480 MBq activity
Investigations are being conducted to find and recover the device.

Location: South of France / Valérian Company
Event date: Fri, 14-04-2017
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