ENS 51499
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Oct 26, 2015 | |
| Title | Nuclear Density Gauge Potentially Damaged During Shipment |
| Event Description | The following report was provided by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality via email:
On 10/26/2015, [The] RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] / Technical Service Manager for QSA Global notified the LDEQ [Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality] about an incident where a [common carrier] delivered a device containing radioactive material to their facility on Langley Dr., Baton Rouge, LA. When the receipt surveys were being performed, they noticed at one point on the surface they had a reading of 2 R/hr at the surface. It appears that one or more of the pull ties used to secure the shutters on the device broke causing a shift in the shielding. Part of the bracing material minimized the shielding shift. The device in question is a Texas Nuclear level/density gauge, Model # 5210, SN B1110, loaded with [approximately] 733 mCi of Co-60 sealed source. The origin of the shipment was Puerto Ordaz, EDO Bolivar, Venezuela. It came stateside via [common carrier] to Houston, TX and then to the QSA Global facility in Baton Rouge, LA by [common carrier]. The shipment arrived [at approximately] 1145 [CDT] on 10/26/2015. The activity is below Cat 2 quantities at [approximately] 733 mCi of Co-60. The device was surveyed and moved to a bunker on the QSA Global site. Re-enactments and calculations will be conducted on 10/27/2015 AM when [the RSO] is present. The LDEQ personnel will be on site for the measurements, calculations and follow-up information [dissemination]. This is a preliminary notification of an incident reported to LDEQ [at approximately] 1530 [CDT]. After the source was secure, safe and locked in a bunker at the QSA Global Baton Rouge, LA facility. Possible exposure calculations will be determined from the reconstruction of events. The Baton Rouge facility is compliant for the IC [Increased controls] principles and Radiation Safety procedures/aspects for the receipt activities. The Department, LDEQ personnel will be on site for the corrective actions and calculations. The NRC, Region IV, was made aware of this situation on 10/26/2015. Follow-up information will be [disseminated] when available. This is being reported as a preventive and protection action under 10 CFR Part 30.50(a). Information will be updated when available. LDEQ considers this incident still open. Event Report ID No.: LA-150019 |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global, Inc. Baton Rouge, Louisiana (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | La-5934-L01 A |
| Organization: | Louisiana Radiation Protection Div |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+14.63 h0.61 days <br />0.0871 weeks <br />0.02 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joe Noble 19:38 Oct 26, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Herrera |
| Last Updated: | Oct 26, 2015 |
| 51499 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global, Inc. with Agreement State | |
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