ML19256C874
| ML19256C874 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson, Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 07/26/1979 |
| From: | Higginbotham L, Metzger J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNO-79-285, NUDOCS 7910150407 | |
| Download: ML19256C874 (1) | |
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M PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION July 26,1979 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-79-285 This oreliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or oublic interest significance.
The information presented is as i
initially received without verification 'or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.
FACILITY:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, Texas License No. 42-00090-03
SUBJECT:
LOST SEALED SOURCES Five sealed sources used for oil well logging were lost overboard in the Gulf of Fexico approximately six-miles from Grand Island, Louisiana.
The sources, two (2) 11s Curies Cs-137, one (1) 16 Curies Am-Be, and two (2) is Curies Am-Be, were in shielded containers within a tool box which was loaded on a pallet on a boat.
The boat was in transit from an offshore platform to shore when the pallet was lost overboard and sank during a tropical storm on July 24, 1979.
The licensee has notified the State of Louisiana.
There has been no media coverage nor is any expected.
Region IV (Arlington, Texas) received notification of the loss by telephone f rom the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer at 3:40 p.m. on July 25, 1979.
Contact:
JRMetzger, IE x28188 L5Higginbotham, IE x28188 Distribution:
Transmitted H St Cnairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford S. J. Chil k, SECY Co issioner Kennedy Commissioner Ahearne C. C. Kammerer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky ACRS (For Distribution)
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