ENS 46778

v t e ENS Event
20:30 Apr 21, 2011
Title	Agreement State Report - Malfunctioning Gauge Involving a Cesium-137 Source
Event Description	On April 21, 2011, at approximately 1530 CDT, a malfunction occurred when a repaired gauge was being installed on a process vessel at the licensee's facility. The device has two 2-curie Cesium-137 sources, each attached to a separate chain, that are lowered into place in the insertion tube via hand crank. When the first source was being lowered into the tube, the mechanism seized and the source could not be raised or lowered. The device was removed from the vessel, the chain was cut, and the source was pulled up and placed into shielded container. The device and two sources were transported back to the service company for repair. Gauge information: Thermo Scientific (TFS) model 5220. Device SN: B-36. Source SNs: MB-3946 and MB-3956. Texas Incident: I-8837

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Where
Bp Products North America Texas City, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	L00254
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+18.98 h0.791 days <br />0.113 weeks <br />0.026 months <br />)
Opened:	Karen Blanchard 15:29 Apr 22, 2011
NRC Officer:	Vince Klco
Last Updated:	Apr 22, 2011
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