PNO-III-87-158, discovered That Badge Worn by Radiographer During Oct 1987 Showed Whole Body Radiation Dose of 5.5 Rems.Nrc Whole Body Limit Equals 1.25 Rems/Calendar Quarter. Supplier re-examining Badge
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| Site: | 03012825 |
| Issue date: | 12/30/1987 |
| From: | Mallett B, Sreniawski D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| PNO-III-87-158, NUDOCS 8801060169 | |
| Download: ML20234C270 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY. NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-87-158 Date 12/30/87D y I
This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.
Facility: Wisconsin industrial Testing, Ir.c.
Licensee Emergency Classification:
Milwaukee, WI Alert Notification of an Unusual Event License No. 48-17480-01 Site Area Emergency General Emergency x Not Applicable l
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Subject:
FOSSIBLE RADIOGRAPHER OVEREXPOSURE The licensee was notified by its film badge supplier that a badge worn by a radiographer during October of 1987 showed a whole body radiation dose of 5.5 rems. (The NRC whole body limit is 1.25 rems in a calendar quarter.
If the individual's radiation history is known, g
then the whole body limit could be as high as 3 remsin a calendar quarter.)
The radiographer had worn the badge while working on a pipeline project in Hazleton, PA during the month of October.
The individual had used an x-ray crawler and a control device containing 190 millicuries of cesium-137 to make x-ray photographs of pipe welds.
The control device was a Gamma Industries Master Minder Model 2.
It is used to stop the crawling movement of the x-ray unit as it proceeds down the length of the pipe.
It is not known whether the alleged overexposure is due to x-ray or gamma-ray exposure.
The film supplier (Siemens) is re-examining the badge.
Region III (Chicago) will dispatch an inspector to the licensee's Milwaukee facility on January 4, 1988, to discuss and review this event.
The States of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania will be notified.
Region III was notified of this event by the license at 10:35 a.m. (CST), December 30, 1987. This information is current as of 2:30 p.m. ' CST), December 30, 1987.
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