ENS 49529
ENS Event | |
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08:00 Nov 12, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Portable Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the State of Nevada via email:
The RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] of GeoTek, in Las Vegas, reported the loss of a portable gauge - CPN Model MC1, S/N MD360603270 - containing 10 mCi of Cs-137 and 50 mCi of Am-241/Be. It was lost this morning between 0930 and 1000 [PST] in North Las Vegas, near Charleston and Lambert Blvds. It was not properly secured in the back of the truck and fell out. The user looked for it but could not find it. The RSO is going out to take a look for it. A police report, no. 131112-1703Z, was filed with the Las Vegas Metro at 1115 hrs. The RSO will call the North Las Vegas PD and let [Nevada Division of Radiation Health] know when that is done. Reference number: NV 130021
In response to the $500.00 reward offered for the missing gauge, a man came forward today and handed the gauge over to the RSO. Apparently he had found it on the Charleston on-ramp to US-95, which is the route which the technician had taken on the day he had lost the gauge. The gauge is not damaged and appears to be intact. The RSO used a survey meter and did not get any abnormal readings. He will perform a leak test and then put the gauge back into service. Corrective action will involve additional training to staff to prevent such incidents in the future. An incident report will be sent to the Radiation Control Program [State of Nevada] by the RSO, within 30 days. A member of staff from the Radiation Control Program visited the licensee and checked the gauge [to confirm] everything was normal. However, the licensee has been advised to send the gauge to the manufacturer (InstroTek), to be completely sure that there was no damage, before being put back into service. Notified R4DO (Farnholtz) and sent e-mail copies to FSME Events Resource and ILTAB. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Geotek, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 00-11-0348-01 |
| Organization: | Nv Div Of Rad Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+7.93 h0.33 days <br />0.0472 weeks <br />0.0109 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Sneha Ravikumar 15:56 Nov 12, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Nov 15, 2013 |
| 49529 - NRC Website | |
Geotek, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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