ENS 50969
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Apr 8, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Source Disconnect |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Texas via email:
On April 8, 2015, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by the licensee's site radiation safety officer (RSO) of a source disconnect. The RSO stated a radiography crew had contacted him [from a field site in Charco, TX] and informed him that after the first exposure of a 62.2 curie Iridium - 192 source, they could not retract the source back into a QSA 880D exposure device. The RSO stated he arrived at the site and found dose rates at the boundaries to be less than 0.5 millirem per hour. The RSO, who is on the license to retrieve a source, detached the guide tube from the camera and using a pair of tongs, lifted the collimator and the source slid out on the ground. The RSO placed bags of lead over the source. The RSO cranked the drive cable through the camera and connected the drive cable to the source. The RSO then retracted the source into the camera locking it in place. The RSO stated he inspected the camera and crankout device in the field and could not find any cause for the disconnect. The maximum dose during the event was received by the RSO who received 24 millirem to his hand and 16 millirem to his chest. No member of the general public was exposed as a result of this event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: I-9299 |
| Where | |
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| Mistras Group Inc Deer Park, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 06369 |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.8 h0.492 days <br />0.0702 weeks <br />0.0162 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 16:48 Apr 8, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Apr 8, 2015 |
| 50969 - NRC Website | |
Mistras Group Inc with Agreement State | |
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