ENS 56768
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Sep 30, 2023 | |
| Title | Radiography Source Stuck Unshielded and Recovered |
| Event Description | The following was received from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) via email:
On September 30, 2023, Acuren Inspection, Inc. notified the Department that an industrial radiography camera failed to retract the source after an exposure. The industrial radiography camera was a Century 330 QSA Cobalt camera. The serial number of the camera is P30078. The radiation source is a Cobalt-60 with an activity strength of 52.2 curie. The source serial number is 59740G. The source was cranked back out the end of the source guide tube with a collimator. The facility where this event occurred is in St. Martin, Louisiana. Only the two man radiography crew was present at the site during the event, which occurred between 0300 [CDT] and 0350. A source retrieval was performed, resulting with the source in a shielded condition in the radiography camera. The individual performing the source retrieval received only 1 millirem. Louisiana Event Report ID No.: LA20230010 |
| Where | |
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| Acuren Inspection, Inc. St. Martin, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-7072-L02, Amendment Number 130 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Deq |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+10.3 h0.429 days <br />0.0613 weeks <br />0.0141 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Pate 15:18 Sep 30, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Thomas Herrity |
| Last Updated: | Sep 30, 2023 |
| 56768 - NRC Website | |
Acuren Inspection, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Disconnected Radiography Source ENS 567682023-09-30T05:00:00030 September 2023 05:00:00 Agreement State Radiography Source Stuck Unshielded and Recovered ENS 566042023-06-30T21:50:00030 June 2023 21:50:00 Agreement State Missing Radiography Camera ENS 559352022-06-11T12:47:00011 June 2022 12:47:00 Agreement State Armed BREAK-IN at Licensed Facility ENS 557912022-03-12T06:00:00012 March 2022 06:00:00 Agreement State Radiography Source Failure to Retract ENS 553662021-07-20T20:30:00020 July 2021 20:30:00 Agreement State Radiography Camera Source Disconnect ENS 551832021-04-08T05:00:0008 April 2021 05:00:00 Agreement State Source Lost During Shipment ENS 550192020-12-02T22:40:0002 December 2020 22:40:00 Agreement State Radiography Source Stuck within Source Guide Tube ENS 529972017-10-02T05:00:0002 October 2017 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiography Source Disconnected While Working in the Field ENS 527592017-05-15T05:00:00015 May 2017 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potential Excessive Exposure of Radiographer ENS 523142016-10-20T05:00:00020 October 2016 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Unable to Retract Radiography Camera Source ENS 523082016-10-19T06:00:00019 October 2016 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Source Disconnect ENS 518392016-03-30T04:00:00030 March 2016 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Stuck Source ENS 518032016-03-02T17:30:0002 March 2016 17:30:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Radiography Camera Source Unable to Be Retracted ENS 507452015-01-16T21:15:00016 January 2015 21:15:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potential Radiographer Excessive Exposure ENS 502392014-06-29T21:25:00029 June 2014 21:25:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Inability to Retract Radiography Source to Its Fully Shielded Position ENS 500142014-04-09T15:30:0009 April 2014 15:30:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiographer Overexposure ENS 499122014-03-12T05:00:00012 March 2014 05:00:00 Agreement State Texas Agreement State Report - Potential Overexposure to a Radiographer'S Hand ENS 451712009-06-26T15:30:00026 June 2009 15:30:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Difficulty Retrieving Radiography Source 2023-09-30T05:00:00 | |