ENS 41520

v t e ENS Event
15:45 Mar 23, 2005
Title	Failure of Safety Equipment on Radiography Camera
Event Description	A representative for the Navy's master material license reported a safety equipment failure of a Gamma Radiography Camera with a 16 curie Iridium-192 source (Model 660) that was being used at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. After an exposure with the camera had been completed, the radiographer was retracting the source and could not lock it into its safe position. After a second attempt, the radiographer was able to lock the source in place manually - the locking ring did not lock automatically as designed. The radiographer noted that the retraction cable on the camera had also become disconnected from the camera. The camera is being returned to the vendor (AEA) for inspection and repair. A 30 day written followup report will be provided. The licensee has notified the NRC regional inspector (Masnyk-Bailey) and NRC HQ (Bhachu). The licensee stated that this report was being provided to the NRC under 10 CFR 34.101(a))(3).

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Where
Dept Of Navy Radiation Safety Cmte Crystal City, Virginia (NRC Region 1)
License number:	45-23645-01NA
Organization:	Dept Of Navy Radiation Safety Cmte
Reporting

10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), Licensed Material Protection Equipment Failure
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+18.07 h0.753 days <br />0.108 weeks <br />0.0248 months <br />)
Opened:	Lino Frageoso 09:49 Mar 24, 2005
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	Mar 24, 2005
41520 - NRC Website
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Dept Of Navy Radiation Safety Cmte with 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2)
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