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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 43961 | 4 February 2008 22:45:00 | 10 CFR 20.2202(b)(1) | Potential Over-Exposure of Worker Who Operates a Fluoroscopy Machine | Radiation Safety Officer of Boston VA Hospital made a 24-hour report that that a worker who operates a fluoroscopy machine, which produces x-rays from an accelerator and is used in cardiology, may have received exposure greater than allowed limits. The worker's radiation badge is normally read monthly, with a typical exposure of 80-200 mrem. However, his badge from July 2007 was not read until December 2007. Landauer read the badge on December 23, 2007, and reported a reading of 5,700 mrem, which they reported by letter dated January 23, 2008, to the Radiation Safety Officer, who received the information February 5, 2008. An investigation has commenced to determine whether some of the badge reading may have been when the worker was not wearing the badge, or due to other sources. * * * RETRACTION FROM T. HUSTON TO P. SNYDER ON 3/6/08 AT 1510 * * * This report is retracted based on the fact that "the reported exposure was to a dosimeter and not to an individual. In addition, the exposure did not involve byproduct materials." Notified R3DO (P. Pelke), R1DO (J. Caruso), and FSME (S. Wastler). |