ENS Event | |
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21:00 Dec 1, 2004 | |
| Title | Damaged Gauge |
| Event Description | On the morning of December 2, 2004, the Agency received telephone notification from BP Amoco Chemicals in Decatur, Alabama, that on December 1, 2004 at 3:00 pm, the shutter handle of one their fixed gauges containing radioactive material had broken. The company is licensed to possess and use the device under their Alabama Radioactive Material License No. 256. The shutter of the gauge, an Ohmart model SH-F2-45, serial number 4789GK containing 500 millicuries of Cesium-137 was in the closed position and when the licensee attempted to open the shutter, the shutter was found to be stuck and in the process of trying to open the shutter, the shutter handle broke. The handle is used to lock the shutter in place. Because the shutter was stuck in the closed position, no overexposure of personnel occurred. The device has been isolated and an Ohmart representative has been contacted to package the device and return the unit to Ohmart for repair. |
| Where | |
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| Bp Amoco Chemicals Decatur, Alabama (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | AL 256 |
| Organization: | Alabama Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+19.23 h0.801 days <br />0.114 weeks <br />0.0263 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Turberville 16:14 Dec 2, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Gott |
| Last Updated: | Dec 2, 2004 |
| 41237 - NRC Website | |
Bp Amoco Chemicals with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 412372004-12-01T21:00:0001 December 2004 21:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Damaged Gauge 2004-12-01T21:00:00 | |