ENS 55939

v t e ENS Event
19:15 Jun 13, 2022
Title	Damaged Radiography Guide Tube
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment via email: On June 13, 2022, at approximately 1415 CDT the licensee experienced an incident with the 9 Ci Ir-192 source in their 880 Delta radiography camera at their Lenexa, Kansas office location. They reported that during routine maintenance, the source became restricted in the source tube while cranking the source back into the shielded position. When the source was being retracted back into the camera, the cart on which it was sitting shifted. This put the guide tube into a bind which restricted the source from easily being returned into the camera. The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) was immediately notified and arrived shortly thereafter to evaluate the situation. The licensee reported that once they realized it was just the position of the source tube putting the source in a bind, they were able to move the cart back to the position that then allowed them to retract the source back into the shielded position of the camera. The licensee reports that the source was exposed for no more than three minutes. The Kansas Radiation Control Program is currently performing a reactive inspection on June 14, 2022, and additional information will be provided at a later date.

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Where
Protect, Llc Lenexa, Kansas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	21-B805
Organization:	Kansas Dept Of Health & Environment
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+16.23 h0.676 days <br />0.0966 weeks <br />0.0222 months <br />)
Opened:	Kimberly Steves 11:29 Jun 14, 2022
NRC Officer:	Bill Gott
Last Updated:	Jun 14, 2022
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