ENS 49756

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v t e ENS Event
06:00 Jan 22, 2014
Title	Texas Agreement State Report - Potential Overexposure to Radiological Worker
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via email: On January 22, 2014, the Agency [Texas Department of Health] was notified by the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer that they had received a report from their dosimetry processor indicating one of their employees had received 11.27 rem DDE [Deep-Dose Equivalent] on their OSL [optically stimulated luminescence] dosimeter for the exposure period of December 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. This brought the individuals exposure for the year 2013 to 14.250 rem DDE. The RSO stated they had interviewed the employee, who is a radiography trainee, and was not able to discredit the exposure. The radiographer trainer the trainee worked with was also interviewed and did not have an explanation for the exposure. The trainee has been removed from all duties requiring exposure to radiation. The RSO stated they will contact the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, (REAC/TS) the morning of January 23, 2014, to have a cytogenetic blood testing performed of the individual. The RSO stated the trainee's exposure total for the same exposure period, as measured by their self-reading dosimeter, was 165 millirem. The RSO stated the trainee had not been involved in any reported source recoveries or misconnects. The RSO stated they had not observed any medical conditions that would support the reported exposure. The RSO does not believe the exposure is real, but since he has not identified another explanation for the reading he will treat it as real until proven otherwise. Additional information will be provided as it is receive in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: I-9149

ENS 49756 +/-
Where
Element Materials Technology Houston, Inc. Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	06451
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.22 h0.468 days <br />0.0668 weeks <br />0.0154 months <br />)
Opened:	Art Tucker 17:13 Jan 22, 2014
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Jan 22, 2014
49756 - NRC Website
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Element Materials Technology Houston, Inc. with Agreement State
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