ENS 42516

v t e ENS Event
12:00 Apr 20, 2006
Title	Pipeline Radiography Source Failed to Retract
Event Description	Pipeline radiography was being performed offshore aboard the pipe lay barge "Lone Star Horizon" at West Cameron 165 (approximately 25 miles offshore of Louisiana). The source failed to retract into the camera after an exposure. At the time of the report, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) was being dispatched to the barge via helicopter to retrieve the source and return it to the camera. Camera: SPEC Model # 150 exposure device (serial number 905) containing 100 Curie Ir-192 source (SPEC # G-60 serial number NC-1506). * * UPDATE AT 1535 ON 4/20/06 W. JOHNSTON TO P. SNYDER * * * The RSO went to the site and properly recovered the camera source. The RSO also took a new camera to the site and brought the existing camera back to be returned to the manufacturer for inspection. No excessive exposures resulted. Film badges were sent for processing. The RSO received approximately 480 millirem performing the retrieval activity. Notified R4DO (Kennedy) and NMSS (Morell).

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Where
Global X-Ray & Testing Corp Morgan City, Louisiana (NRC Region 4)
License number:	LA-0577-L01
Organization:	Global X-Ray & Testing Corp
Reporting

10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), Licensed Material Protection Equipment Failure
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.53 h-0.147 days <br />-0.021 weeks <br />-0.00484 months <br />)
Opened:	William Johnston 08:28 Apr 20, 2006
NRC Officer:	Mike Ripley
Last Updated:	Apr 20, 2006
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