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| ENS 56966 | 14 February 2024 13:53:00 | The following is a summary of information provided by the New Mexico Radiation Control Bureau via email: On February 14, 2024, a routine inspection discovered that a densitometer (Berthold LB8010, serial number 10377, 20 mCi of cesium-137) was missing the handle that actuates the shutter. The shutter was in the open position. The radiation safety officer packed the defective densitometer in lead pending disposal. There were no excessive exposures due to this event. |
| ENS 56704 | 31 August 2023 18:26:00 | The following is a summary of information that was provided by the New Mexico Environment Department via phone and email: On August 31, 2023, at approximately 1530 MDT, X-ray Associates of New Mexico reported that an original prescribed dose of 2.11 Gbq of Yttrium 90 was attempted to be delivered, but the patient received a reported dose of 0.927 Gbq, which was only 43 percent of the prescribed dose. The cause for the undelivered amount is undetermined. The licensee has been instructed to provide a complete written report. A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient. |
| ENS 56604 | 30 June 2023 19:27:00 | The following information was provided by the New Mexico Environment Department via phone and email: Acuren Inspection, Inc., New Mexico Radioactive Materials License IR-448, reported a missing source of licensed material, a lost gamma camera for industrial radiography with an unknown total quantity of radioactivity. The device was lost between the cities of Carlsbad and Jal, New Mexico on Highway 128 around mile marker 38 on June 30, 2023, at approximately 1550 MDT. Crews are actively looking for the missing device. The licensee is licensed for gamma cameras with sources of iridium-192 not to exceed 150 curies and selenium-75 not to exceed 100 curies. A request for further information from the licensee as events develop has been made. Notified external: DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Center, USDA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, DOE Ops Center, DHS CISA Central, and EPA EOC and via E-mail: FDA EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA National Watch Center, and CWMD Watch Desk.
The device was recovered in Kermit, Texas on July 3, 2023, and reported to the State of New Mexico at approximately 1220 (MDT). Notified internal: R4DO (Drake), NMSS (email), NMSS (Williams), ILTAB (email), ILTAB (MacDonald), IRMOC (Crouch), INES (Smith), CNSNS (Mexico) (email). Notified external: DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Center, USDA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, DOE Ops Center, DHS CISA Central, and EPA EOC and via E-mail: FDA EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA National Watch Center, and CWMD Watch Desk. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 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 a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |