ENS Event | |
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22:30 Apr 16, 2025 | |
| Title | Stuck Source |
| Event Description | The following is a summary of information provided by the Arkansas Department of Health via email:
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 1309 CDT, the licensee submitted a notification that on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 1730 CDT, they had experienced a radiography source failure to retract. The radiation safety officer (RSO) was notified. They arrived onsite at 1930 CDT with retrieval tools and shielding and was able to retract the source into the camera by 2330 CDT. The location was in an isolated area of the Union Pacific rail yard with concrete abutments that afforded shielding of the source. Exposures were limited to 134 millirem to the RSO, 36 millirem to the radiographer, and 11 millirem to the trainee. There was no exposure to the public. The exposure device is a SPEC 150, serial number 2240, with a SPEC model G-60 source, serial number FL1805, with 33 curies of Ir-192. The cause was determined to be a kink or crimp in the guide tubing preventing the source from retracting. The investigation is ongoing, and reporting will proceed in accordance with SA-300. Arkansas Event Number: AR-2025-002 |
| Where | |
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| Iqs Inspection Llc North Little Rock, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | ARK-0773-03320 |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+112.37 h4.682 days <br />0.669 weeks <br />0.154 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Eichenberger 14:52 Apr 21, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 57674 - NRC Website | |
Iqs Inspection Llc with Agreement State | |
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