ENS Event | |
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23:50 Mar 2, 2020 | |
| Title | Radiography Camera Lost Overboard |
| Event Description | The licensee reported that a SPEC 150 Model G-60 (s/n: 1507) camera was lost when it fell overboard in the WD73-A area of the Gulf of Mexico. The device contained an 18 Ci iridium-192 source (s/n: 2604). The licensee stated that they will not attempt to retrieve the device. They will also notify the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9) |
| Where | |
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| Oceaneering International Morgan City, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-7396-LO1 |
| Organization: | Oceaneering International |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.32 h-0.055 days <br />-0.00786 weeks <br />-0.00181 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Tommy Jacobs 22:31 Mar 2, 2020 |
| NRC Officer: | Ossy Font |
| Last Updated: | Mar 2, 2020 |
| 54557 - NRC Website | |
Oceaneering International with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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