ENS Event | |
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05:00 Dec 16, 2013 | |
| Title | Maryland Agreement State Report - Unable to Retract Radiography Source |
| Event Description | The following information was obtained from the State of Maryland via email:
At 12:17 PM on December 16, 2013, the Radiation Safety Officer of Maryland Q.C. Laboratories, called [the State of Maryland] to report an incident that occurred today in their radiography vault. She reported that they were performing industrial radiography using a 34.7 Ci Ir-192 source, QSA model A424-9 in a model 880 D camera, when a steel pipe fell on the guide tube preventing the source from retracting into the shielded position. She stated that attempts to retract the source were not successful. She further stated that QSA Global will arrive at the licensed facility tomorrow to recover the source. The source is in a tungsten collimator inside the vault. The assistant radiographer reported 10 mRem on his SRD. For security, Maryland Q.C. locked the door to the vault and will post a 2-man crew at the facility until QSA arrives. Maryland Health Physicist Bob Nelson is on site at this time conducting an investigation. He reports that the dose rates outside the vault are less than 1.0 mRem per hour.
The Maryland Health Physicists conducting the investigation at Maryland QC Laboratories reported on 12/17/2013 at 0930 hours0.0108 days <br />0.258 hours <br />0.00154 weeks <br />3.53865e-4 months <br /> that the source has been safely retrieved and stored in the camera. Notified R1DO (Dimitriadis) and FSME Events Resource via email. |
| Where | |
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| Maryland Qc Laboratories Belcamp, Maryland (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | MD-25-022-01 |
| Organization: | Maryland Dept Of The Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.2 h0.425 days <br />0.0607 weeks <br />0.014 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Alan Jacobson 15:12 Dec 16, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Dec 17, 2013 |
| 49635 - NRC Website | |
Maryland Qc Laboratories with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 496352013-12-16T05:00:00016 December 2013 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Maryland Agreement State Report - Unable to Retract Radiography Source 2013-12-16T05:00:00 | |