ENS 53114

v t e ENS Event
08:28 Dec 9, 2017
Title	Agreement State Report - Irradiator Disabled Source Rack
Event Description	The following information was received from the State of South Carolina by email: On Monday, December 11, 2017 at [1100 CST], the Department [South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control] was notified by [the] Corporate RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] of STERIS Isomedix Services that one of the source racks had been stuck in the 'up' position. The incident happened at [0328 CST] on Saturday, December 8, 2017. The worker saw that there was an unload fault on the system indicating that the rack was stuck so he called maintenance to try to correct the problem. At [0340 CST] the Radiation Safety Officer [and then the corporate RSO were notified] about the event. [The RSO] called and left a message on an employee voicemail rather than calling the 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> emergency phone number. The workers were able to go into the penthouse to correct the problem and lower the source rack back into the pool. The workers found that a carrier had a cracked hinge. They checked all of their other carriers and replaced a total of two carrier doors. The RSO informed the CRSO [Corporate Radiation Safety Officer] that the situation was resolved at [0724 CST]. The licensee stated that a written report will be sent within 30 days of the event.

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Where
Steris Isomedix Services Spartanburg, South Carolina (NRC Region 1)
License number:	267
Organization:	Sc Div Of Health & Env Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+56.02 h2.334 days <br />0.333 weeks <br />0.0767 months <br />)
Opened:	Leland Cave 16:29 Dec 11, 2017
NRC Officer:	Vince Klco
Last Updated:	Dec 11, 2017
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