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| event date = 08/20/2008 16:41 EDT
| event date = 08/20/2008 16:41 EDT
| last update date = 09/15/2008
| last update date = 09/15/2008
| title = Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Radiation Greater Than Ten Times Limit
| title = Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Radiation Greater than Ten Times Limit
| event text = [A] technician working with a 113 Ci Ir-192 source set off high radiation alarms at [the QSA Global facility] which caused the immediate evacuation of the building.  Radiation surveys outside the building indicated a dose rate of approximately 3 Mr/hr at a distance of 25 feet from the exterior of the building.  Radiation safety staff performed a source retrieval to recover the source and place it in a shielded container; the building was reoccupied approximately 30 minutes later.
| event text = [A] technician working with a 113 Ci Ir-192 source set off high radiation alarms at [the QSA Global facility] which caused the immediate evacuation of the building.  Radiation surveys outside the building indicated a dose rate of approximately 3 Mr/hr at a distance of 25 feet from the exterior of the building.  Radiation safety staff performed a source retrieval to recover the source and place it in a shielded container; the building was reoccupied approximately 30 minutes later.
Preliminary investigation of the technician indicated his electronic dosimeter (worn on the side of the body closest to the source) showed an exposure of 720 mRem.  The technician was not wearing his extremity ring badge at the time, however the radiation safety officer calculated a maximum exposure to the tips of the maximally exposed fingers to be approximately 2 Rem.  Dosimetry for both the technician involved and another that was nearby when the incident occurred have been sent to the vendor for immediate processing.
Preliminary investigation of the technician indicated his electronic dosimeter (worn on the side of the body closest to the source) showed an exposure of 720 mRem.  The technician was not wearing his extremity ring badge at the time, however the radiation safety officer calculated a maximum exposure to the tips of the maximally exposed fingers to be approximately 2 Rem.  Dosimetry for both the technician involved and another that was nearby when the incident occurred have been sent to the vendor for immediate processing.

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ENS 44430 +/-
Where
Qsa Global, Inc.
Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
License number: 12-8361
Organization: Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting
Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.63 h0.485 days <br />0.0692 weeks <br />0.0159 months <br />)
Opened: Robert Gallaghar
08:19 Aug 21, 2008
NRC Officer: Dan Livermore
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2008
44430 - NRC Website