ENS Event | |
|---|---|
05:00 Sep 11, 2025 | |
| Title | Lost Control of Source |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via phone and email:
On September 16, 2025, the Department was notified that on September 11, 2025, a radiographer was involved in a traffic accident while transporting an IR 100 radiography device containing a 45.7 curie iridium-192 source. The radiation safety officer (RSO) stated the radiographer hit another vehicle and then left the scene of the accident and went to their hotel. Someone provided the license plate number of the radiographer's truck to law enforcement. Law enforcement found the truck at the hotel, arrested the radiographer, and had the truck with the source transported to an impoundment yard. The truck was towed at 0300 CDT on September 12, 2025. The RSO was contacted by the impoundment yard, picked the truck up at 0830 that same morning, and returned the source to its storage location. The RSO stated that the locks on the darkroom door and the transportation box were still intact. The RSO does not believe any individual would have received an exposure due to this event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Texas incident number: 10229 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Midwest Ndt Services Pharr, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L 07043 |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+130.83 h5.451 days <br />0.779 weeks <br />0.179 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 15:50 Sep 16, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Robert A. Thompson |
| Last Updated: | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 57932 - NRC Website | |
Midwest Ndt Services with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 579322025-09-11T05:00:00011 September 2025 05:00:00
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