3 years ago
WALDORF, Md. (AP) -- State environmental officials say Tuesday that a piece of equipment containing radioactive material has been stolen from a Charles County construction site.
The Department of the Environment warned the public that a missing moisture density gauge containing radioactive material has gone missing from a contractor's worksite in Waldorf. The gauge is about three feet tall in a locked yellow case, and it likely poses no danger to the public. Officials say that as long as the gauge isn't opened, no one could be harmed. They say the Cesium-137 inside would pose a risk only to someone handling it for extended periods.
Moisture density gauges are used by builders to measure the compactness of the soil before building. The one that went missing yesterday is a Troxler Model 3-4-3-0, serial number 2-2-3-5-5.
