ENS Event | |
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05:00 Aug 7, 2004 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving Fire Damage to Gauge Sources |
| Event Description | The State representative reported that a fire occurred at the Mid-America coal fired electrical power plant in Salix, Iowa on August 7, 2004. Two Thermo-Electron level and flow gauges used on the facility's coke tower were damaged by the fire. Each of the two gauges contained a 50 millicuries Cesium-137 sealed source. The facility RSO isolated access to the gauge location until they could be inspected by representatives of Thermo-electron. On August 11, 2004, Thermo-electron representatives arrived onsite and performed leak tests of the gauge sources. The sources were determined to be intact. Thermo-electron took possession of the gauges. The gauges have subsequently been repaired and returned to the licensee for reinstallation at its facility. It has been determined that no radiation was released as a result of this event.
The State has notified NRC Region 3 (Lynch) of this event. |
| Where | |
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| Mid-American Energy Company Salix, Iowa (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 0100-1-97-FG |
| Organization: | Iowa Department Of Public Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9676.93 h403.205 days <br />57.601 weeks <br />13.255 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Don Flater 09:56 Sep 14, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Sep 14, 2005 |
| 41988 - NRC Website | |
Mid-American Energy Company with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report Involving Fire Damage to Gauge Sources 2004-08-07T05:00:00 | |