ENS 44360

v t e ENS Event
13:30 Jul 22, 2008
Title	Safety Equipment Failure
Event Description	While conducting radiography at the Stiglitz Park Tank Farm in Lake County, Indiana, the radiographer noticed that the source failed to retract with the drive cable in his radiography camera. Upon noticing the detached source, the radiographer immediately covered the source with lead blankets and established an area boundary around the source. He then contacted the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) who dispatched personnel to the site. There were no reported overexposures to radiography personnel as a result of this incident. Licensee radiographers were able to retrieve the source, place it back into the camera, and transport the source and camera back to the licensee's main facility. They inspected the camera, source, drive cable and connector and did not find any damage. They were not able to determine why the source became disconnected. They reconnected the source to the camera, functionally tested it satisfactorily, and placed the camera back into service. The licensee did not have the camera vendor inspect or test the device. The camera is an Amersham model 880, serial number D4044 with a 65 Curie Ir-192 source, serial number 45541B.

ENS 44360 +/-
Where
Calumet Technical Services Griffith, Indiana (NRC Region 3)
License number:	13-16347-01
Organization:	Calumet Technical Services
Reporting

10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), Licensed Material Protection Equipment Failure
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+20.13 h0.839 days <br />0.12 weeks <br />0.0276 months <br />)
Opened:	Thomas Keilman 09:38 Jul 23, 2008
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Jul 23, 2008
44360 - NRC Website
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Calumet Technical Services with 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2)
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