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Officials looking for nuclear gauge lost in W.Va.

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HARRISBURG (AP) – State and federal officials are looking for a gauge containing radioactive material that fell off the back of a truck in West Virginia.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says the gauge was reported missing May 3 by Valley Quarries Inc. of Chambersburg, Franklin County. Pennsylvania licenses the company to use the gauge.

DEP officials say there’s no threat to the public as long as the device isn’t dismantled.

The device is a Troxler Model 3430 with serial number 32506. It’s bright yellow and about the size of a shoebox. It was lost along Interstate 81 between mile markers 17 and 24.

The gauge is commonly used in road construction for taking depth measurements in the ground.

The company is offering an unspecified reward for its return.

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