ENS 49597

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Oct 24, 2013
Title	Agreement State Report - Equipment Failure Involving a Radqual Flexible Ruler
Event Description	The following information was received from the State of Tennessee via email: Tennessee's Division of Radiological Health was notified on Monday October 28, 2013 by the RSO from the University of Tennessee [UT] Knoxville, regarding the failure of a RadQual BM83-20 flexible ruler Co-57 source. In late October, a UT nuclear medicine technician put down the ruler source, and one of the rubber caps came off. This resulted in three of the metal sources inside coming out. The sources were not leaking and no radiation contamination occurred. It appeared as though the glue from the end caps had failed. The source contained 460 micro-Ci of Co-57. Manufacturer is International Isotopes Idaho, Inc., serial # BM8305710071101. The Radiation Safety Department collected the source to be disposed of in the future. Tennessee Report ID No.: TN-13-185

ENS 49597 +/-
Where
University Of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee (NRC Region 1)
License number:	R-47005-I18
Organization:	Tennessee Div Of Rad Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+946.97 h39.457 days <br />5.637 weeks <br />1.297 months <br />)
Opened:	Laura Turner 16:58 Dec 2, 2013
NRC Officer:	Steve Sandin
Last Updated:	Dec 2, 2013
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