ENS Event | |
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07:00 Sep 4, 2014 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture Density Gauge |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Washington via email:
On Thursday, September 4, 2014, [Washington State] Emergency Response Duty Officer received a call from the Radiation Safety Officer of GeoResources, LLC. She informed [Washington State] that a portable gauge was run over by heavy equipment in a construction area. The gauge operator was within a few feet of the gauge and tried to stop the driver of the front end loader but could not and had to jump out of the way for his own safety. Because of the circumstances, there will be no citations of the radiation safety program. [A Washington State inspector] drove to the location and assisted the RSO and gauge operator. The mangled gauge was put into a 55 gallon drum surrounded by soil. The highest external surface of the drum was 80 mR/hr. For health and safety purposes and the short distance to transport the drum from the construction site to the licensee's facility, a decision was made to transport the drum without DOT Yellow III package labeling and vehicle placarding, while escorted by the state inspector. The drum was put into a secured room while waiting for the consultant to come the next day (today). A consultant from Northwest Technical Services is communicating with Instrotek and R.L. Carriers for transport and disposal. WA Incident # WA-14-037 The gauge contained 0.050Ci AM-241 and 0.010Ci Cs-137 |
| Where | |
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| Georesources, Llc. Auburn, Washington (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | WN-I0549-1 |
| Organization: | Wa Office Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+33.12 h1.38 days <br />0.197 weeks <br />0.0454 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Steve Matthews 16:07 Sep 5, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Daniel Mills |
| Last Updated: | Sep 5, 2014 |
| 50429 - NRC Website | |
Georesources, Llc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 504292014-09-04T07:00:0004 September 2014 07:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Moisture Density Gauge 2014-09-04T07:00:00 | |