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April
27, 2006
Little
Rock --
Jared Thompson, Program Manager, for the Radioactive Materials Program, Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, announced today that one radioactive gauge is missing from a job site in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The gauge may pose a health risk to persons if handled or carried for an extended period of time. The missing gauge is in a yellow plastic transport case and weighs approximately 90 pounds. Anyone finding this gauge should IMMEDIATELY report it to the nearest police authority or phone 1-800-633-1735 and ask for the Staff Duty Officer.
The gauge is described as a Troxler Electronic Laboratory Model 3440 (Serial #36212) soil moisture/density gauge containing 9 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 44 millicuries of Americium-2411: Beryllium.
State police, local government officials and law enforcement agencies, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management have also been notified.
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