ENS 51180
ENS Event | |
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13:30 Jun 25, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Radiography Camera During Transit |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Louisiana via email:
Event date and time: On 06/25/2015 [at 0930 CDT, the licensee Radiation Safety Officer] called the Radiation Section of LDEQ [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] to report a lost/missing radiography camera. The camera was to be loaded on a rig truck and [to] be transported to a temporary site. The crew and site RSO had been looking for the camera since it was discovered missing at 0830 [CDT]. A radiography exposure device was left on the bumper of a rig truck and not secured in the vault/overpack on the truck. The crew left the yard on Highway LA #30 and headed to I-10 and then East on I-10. About 5 miles down I-10, the crew remembered that they had not secured the camera in the rig truck. They stopped and found the camera missing. They backed tracked I-10 to LA # 30 and back to the office. They did not locate the missing camera. The LA State Police was notified in addition to LDEQ. The Radiation Section [of LDEQ] was notifying the staff and dispatching a Radiation [Environmental Scientist] individual to respond. The media put out an alert of the missing camera. Homeland Security, QSA Global, and the Ascension Parish Sheriff responded and were aiding in locating the lost camera. They were combing the area on ATVs and utilizing sensitive radiation detection instruments. At about 1130 [CDT] the LDEQ was given an update by [the licensee Radiation Safety Officer] which only includes responding agencies and the Site RSO for contact. About 1150 [CDT] the NRC Region IV was notified of the incident (Latisha Hanson) and given a preliminary notification and told the [NRC Operations Center] was being notified. Event Location: A rig truck was dispatched from TIS at 37568 Hwy # 30, Gonzales, LA down LA #30 to Interstate-10. The rig went east on I-10 for about 5 miles when the crew remembered that the camera had not been secured in the rig. The crew check the back of the rig and backed tracked the I-10 to LA #30 route. The camera was not located. Notifications were made. Event type: Loss of control over an exposure device. A QSA 880 Delta exposure device S/N 4586. The exposure device was loaded with about 30 Ci of Ir-192, QSA source Model # 84-9. The Category II, Quantity of Concern was released or lost into the general public. The radioactive exposure device was released into the general public by the two individuals not following the TIS's [Team Industrial Services] Radiation Safety Procedures or the IC [Increased Controls] Security Procedures. The exposure device was released to the general public unsupervised and not in direct control of an authorized company representative. Event description: The equipment was a QSA 880 Delta exposure device S/N D4586. The source was about 30 Ci of Ir-192, model # 84-9. At this time LDEQ consider this incident still open and updates will be given when available. Transport Vehicle: This was a TIS company crew truck being dispatched to a temporary jobsite. Media attention: News Media was alerted and reporting agencies were notified. Louisiana Event: LA150010 Notified DHS SWO, FEMA, USDA, HHS, DOE, DHS NICC, EPA, FDA(email), Nuclear SSA (email) FEMA National Watch Center (email), DNDO-JAC (email). 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
The following information was received from the State of Louisiana via email: The exposure device was recovered at about 7:00pm [CDT] on 06/25/2015. Device QSA/AEA Technologies, Model Delta 880, S/N 4586 Source QSA/AEA Technologies, Model A424-9, S/N 166306; 48.2 Ci Ir-192 Recovered [approximately] 1.5 [Miles] on LA 61 east of US I-10 east. It was on the side of the road in a wet-muddy ditch area. [The device was found] by backtracking the trucks GPS device. A health and safety survey was conducted and the shielding appeared to be intact. The exposure device was loaded on to another Team Industrial vehicle, blocked and braced, and returned to the vault at the highway LA-30 address. The device and source were leak tested and analysis was performed on the test. A QSA Global representative stated it appears the device (DU) and the Ir-192 source were not leaking or compromised. With the exception of corrective actions and enforcement issues the department, LDEQ [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality], considers this incident closed. Notified R4DO(O'Keefe), IRD MOC(Grant), ILTAB (Wray), and NMSS Events Resource (via email). Notified DHS SWO, FEMA, USDA, HHS, DOE, DHS NICC, EPA, FDA(via email), Nuclear SSA (via email) FEMA National Watch Center (via email), DNDO-JAC (via email). |
| Where | |
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| Team Industrial Services Gonzales, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | LA-9098-L01 |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+0.8 h0.0333 days <br />0.00476 weeks <br />0.0011 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joseph Noble 14:18 Jun 25, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Jun 29, 2015 |
| 51180 - NRC Website | |
Team Industrial Services with Agreement State | |
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