Officials looking for missing nuclear gauge between PA & W.Va. borders

[jeff of pa]

Crews are looking for a missing nuclear gauge -- containing sealed sources of radioactive material -- that was lost May 3.

The Pennsylvania DEP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching Interstate 81 between mile markers 17 and 24, where it apparently fell off of a truck, the Department of Environmental Protection said in a press release.

Read more: Officials looking for missing nuclear gauge in W.Va. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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[mical66]

,,,o.0,,,

 

[SusanMN]

And let's hope it doesn't show up on the "What is it?" Forum.

 

[New Orleans Relic]

And let's hope it doesn't show up on the "What is it?" Forum.

Lol Susan. I didn't see the "If found call xxx, sticker". Or the cute little radioactive avatar- nuke sticker thing warning, you see at all our healthcare facilities. Lol
I want to know if the bozo/'s transporting this are employed there now! I'll bet they are!
Watch e-bay.
Ray

 

[cw0909]

prob will end up at a recycle center if that stretch has a, Adopt-A-Highway sponsor,hope
The Pennsylvania DEP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials
are doing more than advertising it is lost

 

[jeff of pa]

for as bright yellow as it is, if I had driven by it,
I would have made the full swing at the next exit.

It definitely would have hit What is it by now Susan

I'd guess unless it cracked open, or someone is trying to fit
it in a pressure cooker
it's probably pretty safe.

perhaps with all the road construction,
it is part of interstate 81 now.
Probably left no where near where they think.

 

[Jason in Enid]

perhaps with all the road construction,
it is part of interstate 81 now.
Probably left no where near where they think.

Yeah, I wonder why they think it's in such a small area. The one thing I have found over the years is that when someone says "I lost it right here" it's typically nowhere near that spot.

 

[dirtscratcher]

Those things are used to check compaction of gravell and asphalt. They pound a shaft in ground to make a hole and then Insert sensor and check how radiation travells through material being tested.

 

[roygpa]

They found it today.

 

[jeff of pa]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A missing gauge containing radioactive material that fell off the back of a truck in West Virginia has been recovered. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says the gauge was recovered in Maryland. It had been picked up by a citizen who contacted authorities.



Officials recover nuclear gauge that fell off truck near WV, Pa. border; device undamaged - The Washington Post

 

[Gold Maven]

I was qualified to use one years ago, had to wear a radioactivity badge to see if you were exposed, but the source is so small there really isn't much danger.