ENS Event | |
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14:00 Dec 27, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Nuclear Gauge Shutter Missing |
| Event Description | The following information was received via email from the State of Iowa:
The RSO of Louisa Generating Station/MidAmerican located at 8602 172nd Street, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 reported to IDPH [Iowa Department of Public Health] at 0930 CST that at approximately 0800 [CST], the courtyard operator was performing rounds and noticed that the shutter on a Texas Nuclear device (model # 5192, serial # B-2724, 50 mCi, Cesium 137) in crusher feeder / hopper 1B was detached from the device and laying on the grating directly underneath the device. [The RSO] suspects that the shutter vibrated off. The shutter is usually in the open position as the hopper is operational 24/7 measuring coal as it moves through the hopper. There were no employees in the hopper and the device sits 10-12 feet above the ground. After [IDPH spoke] with [the RSO] and considering their license conditions, [the RSO] is calling the service provider to come to their location and assess the repositioning of the shutter. |
| Where | |
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| Midamerican Energy Muscatine, Iowa (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 0040-1-70-FG |
| Organization: | Iowa Department Of Public Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.05 h-0.0438 days <br />-0.00625 weeks <br />-0.00144 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Melanie Rasmusson 12:57 Dec 27, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 27, 2011 |
| 47554 - NRC Website | |
Midamerican Energy with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 475542011-12-27T14:00:00027 December 2011 14:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Nuclear Gauge Shutter Missing 2011-12-27T14:00:00 | |