ENS 50552

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Oct 20, 2014
Title	Agreement State Report - Radiography Camera Source Retraction Failure
Event Description	The following information was received via facsimile: On October 20, 2014, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] received notice that there had been a radiography source retraction failure at a temporary field site. A pipe had fallen from a stand onto the guide tube, causing a crimp. The source was retrieved by squeezing the crimp with pliers several times, allowing retraction. The individual performing the retrieval received 198 mR according to a pocket dosimeter. The camera was an INC IR-100 (sn 6832) with an Ir-192 source at 44 Ci (sn W644 ). Additional information will be supplied as it is received in accordance with SA-300. This event occurred at a field site in Encinal, Texas. Texas Incident #: I-9245

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Where
Desert Ndt Llc Pharr, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	06462
Organization:	Texas Dept Of State Health Services
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.05 h0.46 days <br />0.0658 weeks <br />0.0151 months <br />)
Opened:	Chris Moore 16:03 Oct 20, 2014
NRC Officer:	Donald Norwood
Last Updated:	Oct 20, 2014
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