ENS Event | |
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18:30 May 13, 2004 | |
| Title | Damaged Cpn Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | At approximately 1430 EDT on 05/13/04, an equipment operator backed a truck over a CPN moisture density gauge model MC1DRP, Serial No. MD30506972, containing an 10 milliCurie Cs-137 and a 50 milliCurie Am-241:Be source. The exterior cover of the gauge was damaged, the source rod was stuck in the shielded position at the time the incident occurred. The top shield was broken off. The technician removed personnel from the area and contacted the company headquarters who contacted the manufacturer. The technician placed the gauge in a five gallon bucket filled with gravel. The bucket and gauge are locked in a truck for transportation to the home office in Fredericksburg, VA. Radiation measurement before the gauge was placed in the bucket was 2 millirem per hour at five feet. Radiation measurement after the gauge was placed in the bucket was 0.6 millirem per hour at one meter. The ground where the accident occurred was also surveyed at a slow pace at a distance of 1 inch, and no reading was recorded other than background radiation. The licensee will conduct a leak test of the gauge when the gauge reaches Fredericksburg, VA. They plan to ship the gauge to the manufacturer. |
| Where | |
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| Engineering Consulting Servies Ltd Culpepper, Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 45-25583-01 |
| Organization: | Engineering Consulting Services Ltd |
| Reporting | |
| Information Only | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.07 h-0.00292 days <br />-4.166667e-4 weeks <br />-9.5886e-5 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Omer Buzyoz 18:26 May 13, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Gott |
| Last Updated: | May 13, 2004 |
| 40745 - NRC Website | |
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