EN Revision Imported Date: 2/8/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN RADIOACTIVE GAUGES
The following information was received from Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency) via phone and E-mail:
"The Agency was notified early in the morning of 1/31/22 that an Illinois licensee (Lixi, Inc., IL-01339-01) operating in Anaheim, California under reciprocity had two radioactive gauges stolen from their rental car on the afternoon of January 30, 2022 [approximately 1600 PST]. Local law enforcement have been notified and responded. The gauges were padlocked preventing the sources from being used and the keys were not stolen. The California program has been notified and is copied on this correspondence. The licensee appears to have reported the theft in a timely manner.
"The stolen devices were portable fluoroscopes containing approximately 1 Curie of Gd-153 each and were taken from the Staybridge Suites parking garage at 1050 W. Ball Rd. in Anaheim. The police report is 22-15907. The devices were model number TG41 source holders with serial numbers 3217 and 3218. They are marked with the model number 'TG41' and will display 'ON' when the source holder is rotated to expose the source. The radioactive material within the device is in the form of a powder, contained within a tungsten capsule approximately 7mm x 10mm. The source cannot be removed from the device without special tools which were not stolen. If it were somehow removed, it would appear as a stainless steel capsule and is engraved with the word 'Radioactive' and the words 'Gd153', 'C-381' and 'MDSN/LIXI'."
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