Radioactive Material -- Lost or Stolen Almost on a Daily Basis

stock here: maybe we should use less of this stuff, it cannot be controlled.

Keep in mind, when things go wrong, they are usually covered up, so this list is what they admit.

Location	NRC post date
City: CONCORD State: CA	8/18/2016	STOLEN CHECK SOURCES
City: SALT LAKE CITY State: UT	8/17/2016	MISSING TRITIUM (H-3) EXIT SIGN
City: ARLINGTON HEIGHTS State: IL	8/16/2016	LOST IODINE-125 SEEDS
City: DALLAS State: TX	8/15/2016	LOST MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: CLEVELAND State: OH	8/12/2016	FIXED GAUGE WITH SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCE RECOVERED AT A SCRAPYARD
City: TOPEKA State: KS	8/9/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: BRIDGEPORT State: CT	8/9/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE-DENSITY GAUGE
City: FALLS CHURCH State: VA	8/8/2016	LOSS OF GENERAL LICENSED MATERIAL CHECK SOURCES
City: TUCSON State: AZ	8/3/2016	LOST IODINE-125 SOURCE
City: CHESAPEAKE State: VA	8/2/2016	LOST HYDROGEN-3 SEALED SOURCE
City: NASHVILLE State: TN	8/2/2016	LOSS OF LICENSED MEDICAL TREATMENT SEEDS
City: BURLINGTON State: MA	8/1/2016	LOST AND THEN FOUND SHIPMENT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
City: ST. PAUL State: MN	8/1/2016	LOST STATIC ELIMINATOR SOURCE
City: Colorado Springs State: CO	7/29/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: COLORADO SPRINGS State: CO	7/29/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: TRINIDAD STATE State: CO	7/28/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: OAK RIDGE State: TN	7/28/2016	LOSS OR THEFT OF DEPLETED URANIUM OXIDE
City: COLORADO SPRINGS State: CO	7/28/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: BURLINGTON State: MA	7/25/2016	RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL DELIVERED TO PRIVATE RESIDENCE
City: ROANOKE State: VA	7/25/2016	RADIOACTIVE NEEDLE FOUND
City: DENVER State: CO	7/25/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: UNKNOWN State: VA	7/25/2016	FIXED GAUGE FOUND AT METAL RECYCLING FACULTY
City: UNKNOWN State: VA	7/22/2016	FIXED GAUGE FOUND AT METAL RECYCLING FACULTY
City: WARREN State: MI	7/22/2016	LOST/STOLEN U.S. ARMY RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ALARMS
City: MIAMI State: FL	7/20/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: ROUND ROCK State: TX	7/18/2016	LOST MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: MEMPHIS State: TN	7/14/2016	MISSING GENERALLY LICENSED DEVICE
City: AURORA State: CO	7/7/2016	MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: GRAYSVILLE State: AL	7/6/2016	ALABAMA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST GENERALLY LICENSED PROCESS GAUGE
City: Romeo State: MI	7/5/2016	SCRAPPED EQUIPMENT CONTAINED A CS-137 SOURCE
City: OKLAHOMA CITY State: OK	7/1/2016	LOST/MISSING DETECTION SOURCE
City: VAIL State: CO	6/30/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: DENVER State: CO	6/30/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: SAN DIEGO State: CA	6/29/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: DALLAS State: TX	6/29/2016	TWO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PACKAGES NOT LOCATED AFTER CARRIER ACCIDENT
City: MEMPHIS State: TN	6/28/2016	STOLEN STATIC ELIMINATOR GUN
City: HOLLAND State: MI	6/27/2016	Retract LOST NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE
City: RICHLAND State: WA	6/23/2016	LOST AND FOUND BRACHYTHERAPY SEEDS
City: DECATUR State: AL	6/22/2016	FOUND RADIOACTIVE SCRAP METAL
City: PIERCETON State: IN	6/16/2016	LOST GENERAL LICENSED MATERIAL
City:  State: CA	6/14/2016	MISSING SINGLE TRITIUM EXIT SIGN
City: AKRON State: OH	6/13/2016	MISSING SOURCE
City: AKRON State: OH	6/13/2016	MISSING SOURCE
City: DALLAS State: TX	6/9/2016	TWO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PACKAGES NOT LOCATED AFTER CARRIER ACCIDENT
City: HIALEAH State: FL	6/7/2016	STOLEN TROXLER NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE
City: JEROME State: ID	6/6/2016	LOST DENSITY GAUGES
City: ANDERSEN AFB State: GU	5/31/2016	LOST AM-241 SOURCE
City: NORTH WALES State: PA	5/31/2016	TRANSPORTED PACKAGE EXCEEDS LIMITS
City: CHICAGO State: IL	5/25/2016	LOST BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCE
City: COLUMBUS State: OH	5/19/2016	THEFT AND RECOVERY OF A PORTABLE GAUGE
City: SEATTLE State: WA	5/19/2016	MISSING STATIC IONIZATION SOURCE
City: GRAYSVILLE State: AL	5/16/2016	LOST GENERALLY LICENSED PROCESS GAUGE
City:  ;State: PA  ;County: BLAIR	5/13/2016	DISCOVERY OF VACUUM GAUGE
City: PLANT CITY State: FL	5/12/2016	LOST RADIOACTIVE THICKNESS GAUGE
City: SOUTH CHESTERFIELD State: VA	5/11/2016	MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: SAN ANTONIO State: TX	5/10/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: JEROME State: ID	5/3/2016	LOST DENSITY GAUGES
City: SEATTLE State: WA	5/2/2016	MISSING STATIC IONIZATION SOURCE
City: AUSTIN State: TX	4/28/2016	POLONIUM 210 SOURCE MISPLACED
City: HOUSTON State: TX	4/28/2016	MISSING MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: SUNLAND State: CA	4/25/2016	RA-226 SOURCE FOUND IN GARBAGE TRUCK
City: KILGORE State: TX	4/22/2016	RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA FELL OFF TRUCK AND LATER RECOVERED
City: DENVER State: CO	4/14/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGN
City: SEATTLE State: WA	4/14/2016	PACKAGE CONTAINING 40 MILLICURIES OF NI-63 REPORTED MISSING
City: REDMOND State: WA	4/8/2016	STOLEN PORTABLE NUCLEAR GAUGE
City: TORRANCE State: CA	4/7/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: BURLINGTON State: MA	4/5/2016	MISSING SHIPMENT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
City: OKLAHOMA CITY State: OK	3/31/2016	CONTAMINATION FOUND ON SHIPMENT
City: COLLINGDALE State: PA	3/28/2016	ABANDONED RADIUM 226 SOURCE FOUND
City: LAPORTE State: TX	3/24/2016	PACKAGE CONTAINING SOURCES LOST THEN FOUND
City: TAMPA State: FL	3/23/2016	LOST MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: HOUSTON State: TX	3/23/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: PLACERVILLE State: CA	3/22/2016	STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
City: FALLS CHURCH State: VA	3/17/2016	LOST AM-241 CHECK SOURCE
City: NEW FLORENCE State: PA	3/17/2016	MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGN
City: SOUTH BEND State: IN	3/11/2016	LOST ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR SOURCES
City: FAIRFIELD State: IL	3/8/2016	LOST AMERICIUM/BERYLLIUM SOURCE
City: BEAVER FALLS State: PA	3/3/2016	UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION AT METAL RECYCLING FACILITY
City: EASTLAND State: TX	3/1/2016	LOST DENSITY GAUGE
City: GEORGETOWN State: SC	2/29/2016	TWO UNUSED PROCESS GAUGES SENT TO SCRAP YARD
City: ORLANDO State: FL	2/25/2016	IRIDIUM 192 SOURCE LOST DURING SHIPMENT
City: JANE LEW State: WV	2/24/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: TOONE State: TN	2/19/2016	MISSING NRD IONIZER DEVICE
City: SALT LAKE CITY State: UT	2/16/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGN
City: RICHLAND State: WA	2/12/2016	LOST SHIPMENT OF CS-131 BRACHYTHERAPY SEEDS
City: PLEASANT HILL State: CA	2/8/2016	LOST/STOLEN NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE
City: YAMPA/STEAMBOAT SPRINGS State: CO	2/5/2016	LOST/ABANDONED TRITIUM EXIT SIGN
City: AVON State: CO	2/3/2016	LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: FENTON State: MO	1/29/2016	MISSING I-125 CALIBRATION SEED
City: SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS State: IL	1/28/2016	LOSS OF PROCESS AUTOMATION BETA GAUGE
City: RIEGELWOOD State: NC	1/21/2016	FIXED NUCLEAR GAUGE REPORTED MISSING
City: HARRISBURG State: PA	1/8/2016	RECOVERED TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE REPORTED STOLEN IN 1998
City: AURORA State: NE	1/6/2016	MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
City: TAMPA State: FL	1/6/2016	STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE
City: PHOENIX State: AZ	1/4/2016	RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IDENTIFIED AT WASTE RECYCLING FACILITY