ENS 46439
ENS Event | |
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06:00 Nov 26, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Vehicle Transporting Well Logging Sources Involved in Accident with Fatality |
| Event Description | The Texas Department of Health, Radiation Branch, received notification from the licensee that their truck, transporting well logging sources, was involved in a rollover accident in which the driver was killed. During the accident, the overpack carrying the sources was torn loose from the vehicle but remained intact. The overpack did sustain some damage but the source boxes appear to be intact and accounted for. A U.S. Border Patrol officer was on scene and performed surveys of the overpack and surrounding area and did not detect any abnormal background readings. The sources are currently under the control of the Texas Department of Public Safety officers (Texas State Troopers) at the scene awaiting recovery and transport by the licensee.
Due to the nature of the accident, all paperwork pertaining to the sources is scattered around the accident scene. Paperwork recovered at the scene indicate that the truck was carrying Iridium-192, Scandium-46 and Antimony-124 with total activity of all packages at approximately 726 mCi. The accident occurred 4 miles outside of Encinal, TX on State Highway 44.
The licensee has arrived on-scene, confirmed that there was no release of radioactive material and taken possession of the following packages containing 240 mCi Iridium-192, 160 mCi Scandium-46 and 320 mCi Antimony-124 for return to their Alice, TX office. Notified R4DO (Andrews) and FSME (Piccone).
The State of Texas provided the following information via e-mail: It was determined after all information was collected that the incident does not meet any reporting requirement. The Agency [Texas Department of Health] is requesting that this event be retracted. Notified R4DO (Powers) and FSME (Danna). |
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| Protechnics Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L03835 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+6.55 h0.273 days <br />0.039 weeks <br />0.00897 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karen Blanchard 12:33 Nov 26, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Dec 1, 2010 |
| 46439 - NRC Website | |
Protechnics with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Scrap Facility Gate Alarm ENS 464392010-11-26T06:00:00026 November 2010 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Vehicle Transporting Well Logging Sources Involved in Accident with Fatality ENS 457812010-03-20T04:20:00020 March 2010 04:20:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Theft of Licensed Materials ENS 433042007-04-13T06:00:00013 April 2007 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Control of 2 Millicuries of Ir-192 ENS 421182005-11-04T06:00:0004 November 2005 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Lost/Missing Shipment ENS 419502005-08-22T06:00:00022 August 2005 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Vehicle Accident with Spilled Source 2014-04-04T20:30:00 | |