ENS 47262
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Sep 13, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving a Tractor-Trailer Incident While Transporting Nuclear Gauges |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the State of Georgia via fax:
Location of Event: I-20 EB near Six Flags Road (near exit 46) A tandem tractor trailer carrying 8 Troxler moisture-density gauges overturned at [about 2330 EDT] on 9/12/2011 after hitting the guardrail. Gauges were en route from Alexandria, LA to Cleveland, TN to be calibrated. County HAZMAT arrived on the scene, assisted by GA Environmental Radiation Program personnel (paged by GEMA at [0047 EDT], 9/13/2011). All 8 shipping containers sustained damage. Seven (7) gauges were intact in the shipping containers. One (1) gauge sustained damage: electronic components were separated from the gauge body, survey and wipe smear indicated shielding was still intact, no release of radioactive material. At [about 0445 EDT], 9/13/2011, a local Environmental Cleanup Company took temporary possession of the gauges and secured them at their facility. A representative from the calibration lab in Cleveland, TN will bring replacement shipping containers and repackage the gauges on 9/14/2011. Amount of Activity: 8 mCi; 40 mCi (per gauge) Date of Event: 9/12-13/2011 (overnight) Date of Report to RCP (Radioactive Control Program: 9/13/2011, [0047 EDT] Describe clean-up actions taken by RCP: Performed area surveys and took wipes to confirm integrity of the gauges (no release of radioactive material) List radiation measurements taken by RCP: Background: 10 uR/hr Highest reading, outside trailer: 120 uR/hr Damaged gauge, contact: 50 mR/hr Damaged gauge, @1m: 50 uR/hr GA Incident No.: GA-2011-46i National Response Center Incident No.: 989403 |
| Where | |
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| N/A Atlanta, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | N/A |
| Organization: | Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.87 h0.536 days <br />0.0766 weeks <br />0.0176 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Eric Jameson 16:52 Sep 13, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Sep 13, 2011 |
| 47262 - NRC Website | |
N/A with Agreement State | |
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