ENS 41950

v t e ENS Event
06:00 Aug 22, 2005
Title	Agreement State - Vehicle Accident with Spilled Source
Event Description	The State provided the following information via facsimile: A well logging licensee notified the [Colorado Department of Health] on 8/26/05, that one of their well logging vehicles was involved in a roll-over accident in Colorado on Monday, 8/22/05, resulting in the spill of a small quantity of Scandium-46. No other vehicles or personnel were involved. The licensee, ProTechnics, of Trinidad, Colorado, License Number CO-545-01, stated that the accident occurred in a remote area on state highway 550, south of Ouray, Colorado. Emergency vehicles responded to the scene, and the driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The licensee sent additional personnel to the site with survey meters, and they assisted with the clean up. They reported that the shipping container was ejected from the vehicle, and broke open. They reported that they were able to clean up all of the spilled material, except for one spot that was reading 15 [millirem per hour] on contact. The spot was located in a remote area, several feet to the side of the road. No other details are available at this time. The Department has initiated an investigation of this incident, and arrangements are being made to perform a confirmatory survey of the area.

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Where
Protechnics Trinidad, Colorado (NRC Region 4)
License number:	CO-545-01
Organization:	Colorado Dept Of Health
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+103.98 h4.333 days <br />0.619 weeks <br />0.142 months <br />)
Opened:	Ed Stroud 13:59 Aug 26, 2005
NRC Officer:	Pete Snyder
Last Updated:	Aug 26, 2005
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