NRC Event Notification: Search Underway for Missing Radioactive Gauge in Hoopeston, Illinois
July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a generally licensed gauge containing Americium-241 from Teasdale Foods in Hoopeston, Illinois. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was notified on July 15, 2025, that the Peco Controls Corp., Modesto, California, Gamma 101P gauge (SN G011619735), with a 100 millicurie source (Serial No. 5445LA), could not be located.
The missing gauge is one of eight listed for use at the facility. According to Teasdale . . .
The missing gauge is one of eight listed for use at the facility. According to Teasdale . . .