ENS 49044
ENS Event | |
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05:00 May 14, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Unable to Retract Source Into Radiography Camera |
| Event Description | The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via E-mail:
On May 15, 2013, the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) reported to the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that on May 14, 2013, one of its radiography crews had been unable to retract the source back into the QSA Model 880 camera they were using. The radiography crew had dropped and damaged the crank assembly when it was moving the equipment between shots. The crew apparently failed to thoroughly check the crank assembly prior to the next shot. Following the next shot, the source could not be retracted. The RSO was notified and he and another licensee employee, with assistance from the radiographers, performed the source retrieval (the camera and equipment had to be lowered to the ground from 40 feet inside a tank where the radiography was being performed in order to retrieve the source). The RSO reported that the connector at the end of the cable, which connects the cable to the pigtail, had come off of the cable. [The connector] was apparently damaged in the crank assembly accident. Readings from the pocket dosimeters were: RSO received 240 mrem; other employee performing source retrieval received 40 mrem; and, the 3 [other] radiography crew members received 300 mrem, 110 mrem, and 80 mrem, respectively. No member of the public received any exposure from this event. Further information will be provided as it is obtained, per SA-300. Radiography Camera: QSA Model 880, SN: D11097, Source: SN: 93674B Texas Incident #: I-9079 |
| Where | |
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| Mistras Group Inc Deer Park, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 06369 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+59.78 h2.491 days <br />0.356 weeks <br />0.0819 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Blanchard 16:47 May 16, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | John Shoemaker |
| Last Updated: | May 16, 2013 |
| 49044 - NRC Website | |
Mistras Group Inc with Agreement State | |
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