ENS 45385
ENS Event | |
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19:00 Sep 25, 2009 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Source Disconnected from Radiography Camera |
| Event Description | The following agreement state report was received via e-mail:
On September 25, 2009 (at approximately 14:45 MDT), the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment was notified by the RSO for Team Industrial Services that a source disconnect had occurred within the prior 1-2 hours at a temporary jobsite located in Rifle, Colorado. The source remained disconnected at the time the RSO made the notification to the Department as no personnel working in the area were trained for source recovery operations. Once the radiographer in charge at the jobsite realized that a disconnect had occurred and the source could not be returned to the radiography device, the source was cranked/pushed out to the collimator to provide additional shielding. The RSO reported that the radiographer and radiographer assistant involved in the source disconnect had received approximately 1 mrem up to and including the time of the source disconnect. According to the RSO, the temporary jobsite was located adjacent to an oil or gas drilling rig site, but radiography operations were located at a sufficient distance so as not to impact other non-radiography personnel (members of the public) working in the vicinity. Additional (licensee) radiography crews working in the Rifle, CO area were dispatched to the jobsite where the disconnect had occurred to provide additional support and access control. On September 26, 2009 (at approximately 11:08 am MDT), the licensee notified the Department that the source recovery had been successfully completed by the RSO at about 1:30 am MDT that morning. The personnel involved in the source recovery - including the RSO - had received approximately 8 mrem each based upon pocket dosimeter readings. The event involved a radiography device containing 35.6 curies of Ir-192. The source had been in use for several months and the source was nearing the end of its useful life. The radiography device involved in the disconnect was a Sentinel Delta 880 (Serial #D4309) containing approximately 35.6 Ci of Ir-192. The Ir-192 source was a Model 424-9, Serial #53922B. The Department [Colorado Department of Health] recommended to the licensee that the device and source be returned to the manufacturer for further evaluation. The licensee is expected to submit a written report to the Department within 30 days of the incident. Colorado Incident #I09-19 |
| Where | |
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| Team Industrial Services Denver, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 388-01 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+65.23 h2.718 days <br />0.388 weeks <br />0.0894 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Jarvis 12:14 Sep 28, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Sep 28, 2009 |
| 45385 - NRC Website | |
Team Industrial Services with Agreement State | |
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