ENS 44958
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Oct 18, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report- Inability to Retract Radiography Source |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Texas via Email:
On October 19, 2006, the agency received a call from the licensee reporting a problem on a radiography camera at a temporary job site. The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) stated that he had received a call from his radiography trainer stating that the technician had set a radiography camera on a 2" pipe about 2 feet off the ground in preparation to take an exposure. With the source cranked out, the camera fell over and bent the source tube. The trainer tried to crank the source in to the camera and was not successful. The trainer then tried to crank it out, but was still unsuccessful. The trainer then put 14"x17" lead cassettes and two lead shot bags around the source to shield it. The RSO surveyed the area upon his arrival and verified that the barricade boundary was below 2 millirem per hour. Next, he surveyed the camera area, with results of 10 millirem per hour. The RSO noted that the camera was in an area that was surrounded by several pumps and cement blocks, so additional on-site inherent shielding was provided to protect members of the public. The RSO straightened out the source tube with a pair of pliers and retracted the source back into the camera. He estimated that the retrieval process took him approximately five minutes. The trainer and trainee were suspended from any additional radiography operation until their TLDs are read. Both the trainer and trainee received disciplinary reports in their personnel files and all employees were informed of the event. This file is closed. This event was reported using the NMED reporting system and not to the HOO [NRC Headquarters Operations Officer]. Failure to properly report this event was determined after a review was conducted of all radiography related events reported in the State of Texas from September 1, 2006 to March 31, 2009. The state used 10 CFR 34.101 to report these events, and not 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), due to conflicting interpretations of NRC rules requiring reporting. In an effort to prevent a reoccurrence of this, each member of IIP [State of Texas Incident Investigation Program] was required to read Information Notice 2001-03, Incident Reporting Requirements for Radiography Licenses, dated April 6, 2001. In addition, the IIP database has been changed to clarify the reporting requirement and bring it in line with the NRC requirements. Texas Incident Report: I-8369
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| Where | |
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| Conam Inspection & Engineering Inc. Pasadena, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 05010 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+21540.65 h897.527 days <br />128.218 weeks <br />29.506 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 17:39 Apr 2, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Apr 8, 2009 |
| 44958 - NRC Website | |
Conam Inspection & Engineering Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 449582006-10-18T05:00:00018 October 2006 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report- Inability to Retract Radiography Source 2006-10-18T05:00:00 | |