The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has reported the theft of
soil density and moisture measurement equipment
in Humanes (Madrid) that contains category four radioactive sources and has clarified that it is "
unlikely to be dangerous to people"
, as long as it is not opened or destroyed leaving the sources without their protections.
According to a statement from the CSN, the theft of the equipment occurred after the
lock on the side gate of the van
where it was being transported was tampered with.
The stolen equipment is in
category four established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
, which classifies a scale of one to five for this equipment, with five being the least dangerous category.
Category four of "low radioactivity", according to the CSN, does not entail radiological risks
as long as they remain intact and closed
.
The radioactive sources
are inside, protected and encapsulated
.
However, risks could arise in case of opening or destruction of the equipment that leaves the sources without their protections.
The equipment is for measuring density and moisture in soils from the firm Troxler, they are box-shaped and yellow in color, with a metal handle at the top, a
glass screen with a numeric keypad
and a metal tube where one of the radioactive sources.
The stolen material is Model 3411B N1 of series 18190, from two radioactive sources, one of cesium-137 of 0.3 GBq and another of americium-241/beryllium of 1.48 GBq of maximum nominal activity.
The equipment and its transport
case have radioactive material markings
(a clover and the legend "Radioactive") and its theft has been classified as level 1 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).
The CSN asks that
anyone who locates the Troxler equipment
avoid handling it and immediately notify the authorities, the police or the 112 emergency service.
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