U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/11/2005 - 05/12/2005 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** | General Information or Other | Event Number: 41672 | Rep Org: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV Licensee: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LA Region: 4 City: SHREVEPORT State: LA County: License #: LA-7390-L01 Agreement: Y Docket: NRC Notified By: SCOTT BLACKWELL HQ OPS Officer: PETE SNYDER | Notification Date: 05/06/2005 Notification Time: 11:53 [ET] Event Date: 02/04/2005 Event Time: [CDT] Last Update Date: 05/06/2005 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: AGREEMENT STATE | Person (Organization): TROY PRUETT (R4) CHARLES COX (NMSS) | Event Text AGREEMENT STATE - POTENTIAL OVEREXPOSURE The State provided the following information via facsimile: "This is a notification of a potential overexposure. [A technician] was repairing a leak on a high pressure line on a cyclotron. While testing the pressure line, the target unload line at the bottom of the target came lose. This resulted in a mist of water containing F-18. This mist contaminated [the technician's] lab coat. The lab coat was removed with the personnel monitoring badge attached and put behind some lead shielding for decay. This occurred on a Friday so the lab coat was [resurveyed on Monday morning] and was not contaminated. [The technician and] the rest of his clothes [were] not contaminated. This is how the facility believes the overexposure of 12 Rem occurred. The facility has put the following in place as corrective action: The technician will share his maintenance work with another qualified operator for the next six months. Chirping personal dosimeters will be worn during high dose maintenance. Instruction will be given concerning the hazards of radioactivity under pressure. All personnel will report any worker contamination to the RSO within 4 hours." LA Event Report ID No.: LA050004 | Power Reactor | Event Number: 41688 | Facility: CATAWBA Region: 2 State: SC Unit: [1] [2] [ ] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: JEFF BRADLEY HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE | Notification Date: 05/11/2005 Notification Time: 02:22 [ET] Event Date: 05/11/2005 Event Time: 01:35 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/11/2005 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | Person (Organization): JAMES MOORMAN (R2) FRANK GILLESPIE (NRR) MELVYN LEACH (IRD) | Unit | SCRAM Code | RX CRIT | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | 1 | N | N | 0 | Refueling | 0 | Refueling | 2 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation | Event Text NON-WORK RELATED FATALITY AT ONSITE OFFICE AREA " A contract QC welding inspector suffered an apparent heart attack in an office area around 00:09 on 05/11/05. The on-site emergency medical response team was dispatched to provide assistance. The individual was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The site was notified at 01:35 that the individual had not been revived. This is a non-work related fatality. The employee was not contaminated [and] OSHA will be notified." The contract worker, who was employed by "The Atlantic Group", was taken to the Piedmont Medical Center in Rockville, SC for medical treatment. The licensee will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector, the Emergency Operations Center for the States of NC & SC, and the LLEA for Mecklenburg County. | Other Nuclear Material | Event Number: 41689 | Rep Org: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY Licensee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY Region: 3 City: LAFAYETTE State: IN County: License #: Agreement: N Docket: NRC Notified By: DAN HAMPTON HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ | Notification Date: 05/11/2005 Notification Time: 14:40 [ET] Event Date: 04/12/2005 Event Time: [CST] Last Update Date: 05/11/2005 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | Person (Organization): ANNE MARIE STONE (R3) RICHARD CORREIA (NMSS) DONNA-MARIE PEREZ (TAS) | Event Text LOST Ni-63 SOURCE A 12.1 milliCurie Ni-63 source was missing on 4/12/05 during a regularly scheduled leak test. The source had last been inventoried on 11/23/04. The source was part of an electron capture detector which was inside a gas chromatograph. The gas chromatograph was disposed of in a landfill (date not available). Model: Hewlett Packard (Agilent) type G1223A Serial: F5020 | |