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21:40 Nov 16, 2012 | |
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| Event Description | The following information is a summary of a report received from the Ohio Bureau of Radiation Protection:
A Troxler nuclear density gauge was being used on an Ohio Earthwork Project in Riley Township, Ohio. The gauge technician set the gauge on the ground and left it unattended while preparing for testing. A bulldozer moved over the location where the gauge had been set down without realizing the gauge was there. The isotopes in this unit are 8 millicuries of cesium 137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be. The damaged unit was a Troxler Model Number 3430, Serial Number 21036. The source serial number for the Cs 137 is 75-2465 and the source serial number for the Am-241:Be is 47-16507 The licensee dispatched a contractor (Solutient Technologies) to the jobsite. Solutient identified that no leakage occurred, that the sources are intact and in their protective housing. The sources were placed in a 5 gallon steel drum and the remainder of the gauge was placed in a 30 gal steel drum and deemed suitable for transport. These containers were removed from the site on Saturday, November 17, 2012 and returned to the licensee's Cleveland office. |
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| S&Me Engineering Valley View, Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 3121025006 |
| Organization: | Ohio Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+16.08 h0.67 days <br />0.0957 weeks <br />0.022 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Chuck Mccracken 13:45 Nov 17, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Nov 17, 2012 |
| 48515 - NRC Website | |
S&Me Engineering with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 485152012-11-16T21:40:00016 November 2012 21:40:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Troxler Density Gauge 2012-11-16T21:40:00 | |