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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the State on North Carolina via email:</br>On 8/31/15, at approximately 1300 EDT, a NASCO worker operating the #4 Protos cigarette making machine noticed that the nuclear gauge seemed to be malfunctioning. The worker immediately reported this observation to the NASCO RSO. The RSO performed a shutter test and determined that the shutter would not open. (RSO) then turned #4 Protos off and established a no-entry cordoned area around the gauge, the radius of the restricted area was and still is about 20 feet. The RSO next contacted Little Creek Electronics, a North Carolina licensee, for assistance in repairing the shutter. </br>The RSO of Little Creek contacted a health physicist inspector with the NC Radiation Protection Section, on 9/2/15 to ask whether they are authorized to perform this repair. This is how the Agency (North Carolina Radiation Protection Section) learned of this incident. (Little Creek) was not authorized and instructions were given not to perform work on the gauge; the Agency decided to investigate first thing in the morning on 9/3/2015 to get the details straight from NASCO. </br>State inspector visited site on 9/3/15 to perform a health and safety assessment. State inspector determined that licensee had confirmed that shutter is closed and that the associated machinery had been deactivated. Furthermore, the licensee had established a cordoned, do-not-enter area of approximately twenty feet in radius around the affected gauge. The inspector's surveys were consistent with the surveys during the last regular inspection (8/6/15) of this license. </br>NASCO arranged with Automated Control Technologies (ACT), a reciprocal license which handles manufacturing and repair of fixed nuclear gauges. (ACT) should be in to the facility before close of this week.</br>The licensee address and location of the event is 321 Farmington Road, Mocksville, NC 27028. </br>Nuclear gauge is a Accuray TG-5 fixed gauge, model number: S-18, serial number S-4086-H containing a Sr-90 25 milliCi source (assay date 04/2001), and last leak test on 4/23/15 was negative.</br>Report identification number: NMED NC150024port identification number: NMED NC150024
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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the State on North Carolina via email:</br>On 8/31/15, at approximately 1300 EDT, a NASCO worker operating the #4 Protos cigarette making machine noticed that the nuclear gauge seemed to be malfunctioning. The worker immediately reported this observation to the NASCO RSO. The RSO performed a shutter test and determined that the shutter would not open. (RSO) then turned #4 Protos off and established a no-entry cordoned area around the gauge, the radius of the restricted area was and still is about 20 feet. The RSO next contacted Little Creek Electronics, a North Carolina licensee, for assistance in repairing the shutter. </br>The RSO of Little Creek contacted a health physicist inspector with the NC Radiation Protection Section, on 9/2/15 to ask whether they are authorized to perform this repair. This is how the Agency (North Carolina Radiation Protection Section) learned of this incident. (Little Creek) was not authorized and instructions were given not to perform work on the gauge; the Agency decided to investigate first thing in the morning on 9/3/2015 to get the details straight from NASCO. </br>State inspector visited site on 9/3/15 to perform a health and safety assessment. State inspector determined that licensee had confirmed that shutter is closed and that the associated machinery had been deactivated. Furthermore, the licensee had established a cordoned, do-not-enter area of approximately twenty feet in radius around the affected gauge. The inspector's surveys were consistent with the surveys during the last regular inspection (8/6/15) of this license. </br>NASCO arranged with Automated Control Technologies (ACT), a reciprocal license which handles manufacturing and repair of fixed nuclear gauges. (ACT) should be in to the facility before close of this week.</br>The licensee address and location of the event is 321 Farmington Road, Mocksville, NC 27028. </br>Nuclear gauge is a Accuray TG-5 fixed gauge, model number: S-18, serial number S-4086-H containing a Sr-90 25 milliCi source (assay date 04/2001), and last leak test on 4/23/15 was negative.</br>Report identification number: NMED NC150024port identification number: NMED NC150024
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