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. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL "The gauge was recovered later that same day (6/29/23) with no apparent damage." The technician had travelled approximately 13 miles before discovering that the device had been lost. At that point, he realized the gauge was missing. The tailgate was open and stopped to verify the contents of the truck. When the driver was stopped at an intersection, he saw in his rearview mirror that The device had mistakenly been left on the tailgate of the technician's pickup truck when he left a jobsite to go to another work location. The device is a Troxler Model 3430 portable moisture/density gauge containing an 8 millicurie Cesium-137 source and a 40 millicurie Americium-241 source. "At approximately 1100 EDT on 6/29/23, ODH received notification from an Ohio radioactive materials licensee that a portable device containing radioactive sources had been lost. ![]() ![]() ![]() The following information was provided by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) via email: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST AND RECOVERED GAUGE
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