ENS Event | |
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08:00 Feb 21, 2025 | |
| Title | Damaged Radiography Equipment |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the California Department of Public Health via email:
Mistras Group was performing radiography at a temporary job site outside of a water tank. The radiographer was using a manned lift to perform the radiography at the 50-foot level. The Industrial Nuclear Company (INC) IR 100 exposure device number 4435 with an Ir-192 model 32, serial number 003J with 37.3 curies was resting inside an I-beam trough and secured to the tank using magnets. The source crank assembly was 35 feet long. During the eighth exposure, the radiographer felt the magnets holding the exposure device to the tank pull off, and he immediately cranked the radiography source into the exposure device, which fell approximately 45 feet to the ground level. The radiographer returned to ground level and surveyed the exposure device with his survey meter and found that it was at the normal range. Upon examination of the radiography equipment, the radiation safety officer discovered that the swedge end of the Ir-192 source pigtail was damaged during the fall. The exposure device will not be used again and will be returned to the manufacturer, INC, for source removal and any needed repairs. There was no exposure to any radiography personnel or members of the public." California 5010 Number: 022125 |
| Where | |
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| Mistras Group Bakersfield, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 8120-15 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+8.85 h0.369 days <br />0.0527 weeks <br />0.0121 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Donald Oesterle 16:51 Feb 21, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 57566 - NRC Website
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