ENS 46130
ENS Event | |
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20:10 Jul 26, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Stuck Radiography Source |
| Event Description | The following was received via email from the State of Arkansas:
The following are the findings of the Arkansas Department of Health, Radioactive Materials Program, concerning Event Number [AR] 07-10-01 involving a stuck radiography source in Wilburn, Arkansas at a pipeline location. The Department was contacted on July 26, 2010 and informed by the licensee that the incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. on the first shot. The camera involved was an Industrial Nuclear IR-100 (Serial Number 6961) that contained a 34 Curie Iridium-192 source (Model G-40T, Serial Number RC3103). [Source Production and Equipment Company] (SPEC) [- the vendor -] had been contacted and was expected to arrive at the location around 5:00 a.m. on July 27, 2010. In the meantime, the crew and both of the Assistant Radiation Safety Officers maintained constant surveillance. Health Physicists from the Arkansas Department of Health also went to the incident location. On arrival, it was discovered that the source was in an approximately 10 foot hole and it was indicated that the radiography crew had performed three cranks and then the source would not retract back into the shielded position. SPEC successfully retrieved the source. The source, camera and associated equipment are being transported to the SPEC facility in Louisiana for evaluation. It appears that this incident may have been caused by the failure of the locking mechanism of the camera. The licensee and SPEC [are] to supply the Department with a written report. The Department will provide updates as information is received. This is Arkansas Department of Health, Radioactive Materials Program event number 07-10-01.
The following report was received via e-mail from the State of Arkansas: A report received from SPEC states that the cause of the incident was a source misconnect and the source locking mechanism failing to function properly. The report also states that if the camera had been operating properly, the radiographer should not have been able to push the flag down and release the source. There was no evidence of damage to the drive cable connector or to the source assembly. The source was reloaded into the camera and returned to the licensee. The Arkansas Department of Health considers this incident to be closed. Notified R4DO (Deese) and FSME (McIntosh). |
| Where | |
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| Applied Inspection Systems, Inc. Wilburn, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | ARK-057603320 |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+15.9 h0.663 days <br />0.0946 weeks <br />0.0218 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kayla Avery 12:04 Jul 27, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Eric Simpson |
| Last Updated: | Sep 3, 2010 |
| 46130 - NRC Website | |
Applied Inspection Systems, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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