ENS 41835
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jun 29, 2005 | |
| Title | Texas Agreement State Report - Potential Over Exposure |
| Event Description | The State provided the following information via email:
Texas Radiation Control received a telephone call from [the licensee's RSO] . The RSO was contacted by Landauer regarding an exposure to a 'film badge' in excess of 1,000 (one thousand) rads. The badge was being worn by [name deleted]. His exposure for the previous quarter was 350 millirem and for 2004 he received a total exposure of 290 Mr. The badge had been returned for evaluation with 4 other badges, which had no problems with excessive exposure. [The individual] only performed four tracer study jobs during the monitoring period and worked with a 34 mCi Ir-192 source. [The RSO] believes the badge was not worn. The licensee will be requesting the exposure be deleted. Texas Incident Investigation Program has contacted the licensee and requested additional information. A written report will be submitted within 30 days. The Event has received no media attention. Texas Incident No.: I - 8242
The licensee believes that the badge worn by (name deleted) during the first quarter of 2005 was intentionally exposed. The licensee states that the reported dose was in excess of the reporting capabilities of 1000 rad & concluded that the reported dose was not accurate. The licensee reported that (name deleted) terminated employee at the end of the first month of the quarterly monitoring period & that the employee worked with sealed sources during the first week & radiation work was performed afterward until time of termination. All jobs were short duration & neither the individual nor his single co-worker (supervisor) reported any unusual occurrences that would have resulted in a higher than normal dose. Based on the amount of the extremely high dose, the licensee concluded that the employee was not the recipient of 1000 rem (rad) dose & that the dose should be considered erroneous. Permanent dose record for (name deleted) reported by the licensee is as follows: 1st quarter 2005 - 0.349 rem; 2nd quarter 2005 - 0.100 rem. Licensee corrective action: "No corrective actions taken or planned since reported dose appears to be incorrect. The licensee has calculated a dose of 0.100 rem for the 2nd quarter & consequently assigned this to (name deleted) permanent personnel monitoring record. This is based on the individual's previous cumulative six-month period dose of 0.593 rem, which averages to (approx) 0.100 rem/month. R4DO (Shaffer) & NMSS EO (Essig) notified. |
| Where | |
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| Quest Tru-Tec, L.P Laporte, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L03913 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+321.82 h13.409 days <br />1.916 weeks <br />0.441 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Latischa Hanson 14:49 Jul 12, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Mike Ripley |
| Last Updated: | Dec 19, 2005 |
| 41835 - NRC Website | |
Quest Tru-Tec, L.P with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 418352005-06-29T05:00:00029 June 2005 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Texas Agreement State Report - Potential Over Exposure 2005-06-29T05:00:00 | |