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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 54557 | 2 March 2020 23:50:00 | 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | Radiography Camera Lost Overboard | The licensee reported that a SPEC 150 Model G-60 (s/n: 1507) camera was lost when it fell overboard in the WD73-A area of the Gulf of Mexico. The device contained an 18 Ci iridium-192 source (s/n: 2604). The licensee stated that they will not attempt to retrieve the device. They will also notify the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 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 some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf Note: This device is assigned an IAEA Category 3 value based on the actual radioactivity of the source, not on the device type. (Reference IAEA RG-G-1.9) | ||
| ENS 43481 | 31 May 2007 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Potential Personnel Overexposure | The State provided the following information via facsimile: Agreement State Agency: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Event Report ID No.: LA070019 License No.: LA-7396-L01 Licensee: Oceaneering International, Inc Event date and Time: May 2007 Event Location: Houma, LA Event type: Overexposure Notifications: LA DEQ Event description: Oceaneering received a notification from Landauer that one of Oceaneering's employees was over exposed for the month of May 2007. The dose that was reported for this employee was 5467 mrem (deep), 5677 (eye), and 5892 (shallow). This incident will be investigated and DEQ will forward new information once it is received. Transport vehicle description: N/A | ||
| ENS 43459 | 30 May 2007 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Personnel Overexposure | The licensee provided the following information via facsimile: Oceaneering reported an over exposure to one of the industrial radiographers. The RSO received a notification from Landauer of an over exposure to the licensee's employee. This employee received a dosage on his May 2007 badge of 5549 mrem (deep) and a year to date dosage of 5788 mrem. The RSO is going to discuss this issue with the employee and send the LDEQ additional information. Once the additional information is received, it will be forwarded to the NRC. Louisiana Event Number - LA070016 | ||
| ENS 43508 | 22 May 2007 05:00:00 | 10 CFR 20.2202(b)(1) | Possible Overexposure Event During Radiography in Gulf of Mexico | Oceaneering International received a report from Landauer that two of their radiographers had May badge exposures of 5467 millirem and 5549 millirem (deep dose) respectively. The radiographers had been working on a pipe laying barge about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana during the month of May when these potential overexposures occurred. Oceaneering International immediately stopped work of one of the radiographers. The other radiographer had already stopped working due to a personal injury. Interviews with the radiographers indicated that both individuals had removed their shirts during work on a hot day with their exposure badges still attached to the shirts The shirts could have been placed in a location that was near the radiography work and picked up the exposure. Both radiographers had self-reading dosimetry that was read and logged daily. The total May exposures logged on the self-reading dosimeters were 126 millirem and 147 millirem respectively. Oceaneering International is licensed under an Agreement State license from the State of Louisiana. This event has already been reported to the State of Louisiana and is under investigation by the State (See Agreement State Report EN#43481). However, after the RSO for Oceaneering International had discussions with NRC Region IV (Leonardi) about this event, the RSO decided to report the event to the Operations Center since the event occurred offshore and is under NRC jurisdiction at the time it occurred. |