ENS Event | |
|---|---|
05:00 Mar 2, 2019 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radiography Device Left Unsecured |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation, Radioactive Materials Branch via email:
Licensee reports that an Industrial Radiography [IR] exposure device was unaccounted for during the 15 hours1.736111e-4 days <br />0.00417 hours <br />2.480159e-5 weeks <br />5.7075e-6 months <br /> following work site activities on March 1st. The IR device was left unsecured the entire time until discovered the morning of March 2nd by the radiography crew that left it. The device [Spec 150; S/N: 1251] and source [72 Ci Ir-192; Model: G-60; S/N: AA0805] are secured and in possession of the corporate RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] at the time of this report. North Carolina Radioactive Materials Branch has initiated an investigation and will update this report for completion. NC Event Tracking ID: 190008 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 |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Janx Graysburg, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 1117-2 |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+16.03 h0.668 days <br />0.0954 weeks <br />0.022 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Travis Cartoski 21:02 Mar 2, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Mar 2, 2019 |
| 53907 - NRC Website | |
Janx with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 539072019-03-02T05:00:0002 March 2019 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiography Device Left Unsecured ENS 527192017-04-29T05:00:00029 April 2017 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radiography Source Failed to Retract ENS 509592015-04-04T04:00:0004 April 2015 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Inability to Retract a Radiography Source to Its Shielded Position 2019-03-02T05:00:00 | |