| May 2, 2008
Little
Rock -- The Arkansas Department of Health’s Radiation Control Section is announcing that the radioactive gauge reported missing from a construction firm’s transport vehicle on March 31, 2008, has been found. An individual discovered this gauge in a ditch in the Clinton, Arkansas, area. Van Buren County Emergency Management personnel were able to secure the discovered gauge. Health Department Physicists were dispatched to Van Buren County to recover this device. After preliminary safety testing, it was transported to the Department in order for its return to the owner. The owner has taken possession of the gauge and has returned it the licensed storage location in Glenwood. The gauge did not appear to have been tampered with or damaged.
Questions may be directed to Bernie Bevill, Radiation Control Section Chief, at
(501) 661-2301.
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