The following information was obtained from the state of
Mississippi via email:
DRH [Mississippi Division of Radiation Health] was notified 8/26/2012 by MEMA, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, regarding an overturned radiography truck that occurred on Hwy 45 south of Macon, Mississippi. Two Licensee personnel were involved in the wreck with minimal injuries. The camera remained secured in the overpack but separated from the destroyed dark room. Surveys were performed of the overpack and camera by the driver after the wreck. The driver and MS Highway State Patrol Officer waited with the overpack and camera until DRH and the Licensee's ARSO arrived on site to take possession of the camera.
MS Report Number: MS 120004
- * * UPDATE FROM JAYSON MOAK TO HOWIE CROUCH VIA EMAIL ON 10/01/12 AT 1547 EDT * * *
Licensee's leak test reported to DRH was less than 0.005 microCuries.
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