ENS Event | |
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06:00 Jan 14, 2016 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Radiation Levels on Package Greater than 1 Rem/Hr Limit |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:
On January 14, 2016, the licensee notified the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that it had received an exclusive use shipment of sources in Type A containers that originated in Maryland. The dose rate on one of the containers, which held an 8.4 curie Cobalt-60 source (current activity/decay corrected), exceeded the 1,000 mR/hr limit. The highest dose rate reading on the exterior of the container was 1,900 mR/hr. The licensee surveyed the cab of the truck and measured a dose rate of less than 0.05 mR/hr for the driver. The exterior of the trailer was surveyed and the left side highest measurement was 120 mR/hr and the right side was 50 mR/hr. These dose rates for cab and trailer are below regulatory limits. The licensee reported that none of its workers received any overexposure. More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: I 9371
The following event retraction was received from the State of Texas via email: Texas does not have any regulatory authority for this event. The shipper is licensed by the State of California. Event information has been sent to Robert Greger in California. Headquarters Operations Officer and NMSS Regional Coordinator directed that we [State of Texas] retract our event and for California to report. Notified the R4DO (Farnholtz), NMSS Events Notification, RGN-IV (Erickson), and RGN-IV (Tharakan) via email. |
| Where | |
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| Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 04958 |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+13.95 h0.581 days <br />0.083 weeks <br />0.0191 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Blanchard 19:57 Jan 14, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Jan 27, 2016 |
| 51656 - NRC Website | |
Southwest Research Institute with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 516562016-01-14T06:00:00014 January 2016 06:00:00
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