ENS 56015

v t e ENS Event
18:45 Jul 22, 2022
Title	Failure of Source to Retract
Event Description	The following is a synopsis of information received via E-mail: This information was reported to the Maine Radiation Control Program by the licensee at 0302 EDT on July 23, 2022. A guide tube crank-in problem occurred at 1445 EDT on July 22, 2022 in Westbrook, Maine in an area enclosed by fencing where natural gas pipe work was on-going. The problem was resolved at 0145 EDT on July 23, 2022. During radiography operations, the guide tube was damaged and the source would not crank in. The crew did not force it and cranked it back to the collimator. The radiation safety officer was called and a retrieval team was dispatched. The tube was repaired enough to crank in the source. The activity and isotope involved was 76 curies of Ir-192. No exposures were reported and the media was not contacted.

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Where
Accuren Inspection, Inc. Auburn, Maine (NRC Region 1)
License number:	01221
Organization:	Maine Radiation Control Program
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+13.98 h0.583 days <br />0.0832 weeks <br />0.0191 months <br />)
Opened:	Tom Hillman 08:44 Jul 23, 2022
NRC Officer:	Donald Norwood
Last Updated:	Jul 23, 2022
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