ENS 54814

v t e ENS Event
16:20 Aug 4, 2020
Title	Agreement State Report - Damaged Radiography Camera
Event Description	The following is a summary of information that was received from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via email: On August 4, 2020, at 1120 CDT, at a job site in New Iberia, LA, the drive cable on one of the licensee's industrial radiography cameras broke six inches from the drive cable to source cable connector. The radiographers set up a 2mR boundary after being unable to retract the source into a shielded position. One of the licensee's radiation safety officers (RSO) was called to the scene and was able to retrieve the source. During this event the RSO received a dose of 313 mR and the crew received 16 and 11 mR according to their insta-dose badges. The radiography camera is a SPEC 150 (s/n: 2131) with a 56 Ci Ir-192 source (s/n: BF2401). Event Report ID No.: LA20200007

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Where
Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Geismar, Louisiana (NRC Region 4)
License number:	LA-10986-L01
Organization:	Louisiana Radiation Protection Div
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.7 h-0.0292 days <br />-0.00417 weeks <br />-9.5886e-4 months <br />)
Opened:	James Pate 15:38 Aug 4, 2020
NRC Officer:	Andrew Waugh
Last Updated:	Aug 4, 2020
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