PNO-IV-97-065, on 971105,reported to Ofc of State Programs That Spec Model 150 Radiographic Exposure Device Containing 102-Ci Ir-192 Sealed Source Fell from Back of Licensee Truck on State Highway Between Empire & Belle Chase,La
| ML20198P136 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/05/1997 |
| From: | Mark Shaffer, Spitzberg D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| PNO-IV-97-065, PNO-IV-97-65, NUDOCS 9711060285 | |
| Download: ML20198P136 (1) | |
e Novembsr 5,1997 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-IV 97 065 l This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE l
safety or public interest significance. The irdormation is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region IV staff in Arlington, Texar >n this date.
1 Easility Licensee Emeraency classification X Ray inspection, Inc. Notification of Unusual Event Agreement State Licensee Alert LouHana Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable
Subject:
LOST AND RECOVERED RADIOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE DEVICE On the morning of November 5,1997, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reported tu the Office of State Programs that a SPEC Model 150 eadiographic exposure device containing a 102 curie iridium-192 sec;ed source fell from the back of a licensee truck on a state highway between Emoire and Belle Chasse, Louisiana. The licensee noticed that the device was missing after arriving at its facility in Belle Chasse.
A DEO employee, equipped with a radiation detection survey meter, was dispatched to search for the device along a road where the device is believed to have f allen from the truck.
-On the af ternoon of November 5th, the licensee was notified by a representative from the Louisiana Department of Transportation (LDOT) that the device had been recovered. LDOT had been traveling on the road where the device fail from the truck earlier in the day, and observed the exposure device laying on the road. The LDOT workers were cognizant of what the device was, and promptly returned the device to the licensee.
The device was found _with the source secured in the shielded position and appeared unNmaged.
NRC's Office of State Programs received notification of this occurrence i by telephone from the DEQ on the morning of November 5,1997.
Region IV has informed I; MSS, State Programs, and AEOD.
This information has been discussed with the DEO and is current as of 3:30 p.m. (CST) on November 5,1997.
Contact:
Mark R. Shaffer D. Blair Spitzberg i o
(817)860 8287 (817)860-8191 o L' 9711060285 971105 * \
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