ENS Event | |
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16:00 May 9, 2024 | |
| Title | Damaged Gauge |
| Event Description | The following synopsis of the event was provided by the licensee via phone:
On the afternoon of May 9, 2024, during a leak test, the licensee identified a damaged shutter on a gauge (Serial Number - SH-F180) with a cesium (Cs-137) source of 100 millicuries at their facility. The licensee determined that no exposures or injuries occurred as a result of the damaged shutter since the gauge is located twenty feet off the ground in a primarily inaccessible location. No surveys are known to have been performed at this time. The shutter was determined to be unworkable, and is scheduled to be replaced at a later date.
The license number was originally reported as 373525501 but it should actually be 16-35383-01. Unit is 10 feet above the floor not 20 feet. Survey readings have been taken: 25.65 mR/hr at the surface; 1.73 mR/hr at 1 foot; 0.32 mR/hr at 3 feet; 0.05 mR/hr at 4 feet. Based on the survey readings, it is believed that the shutter is closed. The mine is now looking to repair the shutter control unit, not replace the gauge. Notified R1DO (Young) and NMSS Events via email. |
| Where | |
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| Screaming Eagle Coal Bickmoore, West Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 16-35383-01 |
| Organization: | Screaming Eagle Coal |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), Licensed Material Protection Equipment Failure | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+16.25 h0.677 days <br />0.0967 weeks <br />0.0223 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Brandt Elkens 08:15 May 10, 2024 |
| NRC Officer: | Brian P. Smith |
| Last Updated: | May 10, 2024 |
| 57121 - NRC Website
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