ENS Event | |
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05:00 Sep 26, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) called and informed the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that a moisture density gauge had been damaged while it was being used at a work site. The worker had stored the sources in the safe condition and left the gauge at the side of the road he was working on to get a drink of water. Before he returned to the gauge, it was struck by a truck passing by on the road and the gauge rod on the top side of the gauge was bent and the gauge case was damaged. The sources both remained shielded. A service company (Component Sales) has been called to pick up the gauge and conduct an inspection of the device. The gauge is a Troxler Model 3440 ser # 23586 containing a 8 millicurie Cesium (Cs) 137 source and a 40 millicurie Americium (Am) - 241 Beryllium source.
Texas Incident # I-8566 |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Ground Technology Inc Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 05125 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.4 h0.517 days <br />0.0738 weeks <br />0.017 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 17:24 Sep 26, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Sep 26, 2008 |
| 44523 - NRC Website | |
Ground Technology Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 445232008-09-26T05:00:00026 September 2008 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture Density Gauge 2008-09-26T05:00:00 | |