The State of
Texas provided information on a potential contamination event at the Halliburton Energy Services facility in Houston, TX. An employee was working on a well logging tool that contained a 1.3 microCurie
Cs-137 source. While removing the
Cs-137 sealed source from the tool, an employee noticed a small hole in the
Cs-137 capsule. The employee stopped working on the tool, cleared the area, and restricted access to the room where the work was being performed. Contamination swipes were taken in the area and sent to a third party laboratory for analysis. No over exposures were indicated. The initial survey of the worker identified a small area of one of his boots that had some contamination.
- * * RETRACTION FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO DONG PARK AT 1030 EST ON 2/27/17 * * *
The following event retraction was received from the State of Texas via email:
Initial information concerning this event was provided via telephone on 2/26/2017. However, after further evaluation of the information provided by the licensee, it has been determined that this event does not meet any reporting requirement.
Texas Incident #: 9467
Notified the R4DO (Deese),
NMSS Events Notification via email.