Event Notification Report for November 15, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
11/14/2001 - 11/15/2001
EVENT NUMBERS
38508
General Information or Other
Event Number: 38508
Rep Org: UTAH DIVISION OF RADIATION CONTROL
Licensee: H&H X-RAY SERVICES, INC.
Region: 4
City: SPANISH FORK CANYON State: UT
County:
License #: 17-19236-02
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: GWYN GALLOWAY (fax)
HQ OPS Officer: LEIGH TROCINE
Licensee: H&H X-RAY SERVICES, INC.
Region: 4
City: SPANISH FORK CANYON State: UT
County:
License #: 17-19236-02
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: GWYN GALLOWAY (fax)
HQ OPS Officer: LEIGH TROCINE
Notification Date: 11/16/2001
Notification Time: 14:39 [ET]
Event Date: 11/15/2001
Event Time: 21:30 [MST]
Last Update Date: 11/16/2001
Notification Time: 14:39 [ET]
Event Date: 11/15/2001
Event Time: 21:30 [MST]
Last Update Date: 11/16/2001
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
CHARLES MARSCHALL (R4)
SUSAN FRANT (NMSS)
CHARLES MARSCHALL (R4)
SUSAN FRANT (NMSS)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING A TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT INVOLVING A RADIOGRAPHIC CAMERA IN SPANISH FORK CANYON, UTAH
The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Radiation Control:
"Event Report ID No.: UT-01-0004"
"License No.: 17-19236-02 (Reciprocity)"
"Licensee: H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.
d.b.a. H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.; Monroe X-Ray Co., Inc.;
[...] Mississippi X-Ray Service; Waggoner & Associates
West Monroe, Louisiana [...]"
"Event Date and Time: Date: 09/15/01 Time: Prior to 9:30 p.m. MST"
"Event Location: Spanish Fork Canyon near Spanish Fork, Utah"
"Event Type: Transportation Accident involving a Radiographic Camera"
"Notifications: The Utah Division of Radiation Control was notified by a Utah licensee (Quality Testing and Inspection) on 09/16/01 at approximately 9:00 a.m. MST. The Radiation Safety Officer for Quality Testing and Inspection indicated that he was contacted on 09/15/01 by the Spanish Fork City Fire Department and asked to assist with an accident involving radioactive material. He assisted in surveying the radiographic exposure device and then took possession of the device."
"[...]"
"Event Description: H & H X-Ray Services, Inc. was approved to work in Utah under the provisions of reciprocity. The licensee's radiography truck was transporting a radiographic exposure device (Amersham Corporation Model 660 B, serial number B2521 containing 61 curies of iridium-192, sealed source model number 424-9, serial number 01453B). The licensee's truck was involved in a one-car rollover accident. The radiographic camera and radioactive source were observed to be undamaged. However, the lid to the steel drum that the exposure device was packaged for transport in came off as a result of the accident. The reciprocity licensee is making arrangements for the exposure device to be leak tested and transferred to Diamond H. Testing in Idaho, [...]. The individual driving the licensee's vehicle was unharmed, and no significant radiation doses resulted from this incident."
"Transport Vehicle Description: H&H X-Ray Services, Inc., radiography truck."
"Media Attention: None"
(Call the NRC operations officer for contact information for the State Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Radiation Control; H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.; Quality Testing and Inspection; and Diamond H. Testing.)
The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Radiation Control:
"Event Report ID No.: UT-01-0004"
"License No.: 17-19236-02 (Reciprocity)"
"Licensee: H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.
d.b.a. H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.; Monroe X-Ray Co., Inc.;
[...] Mississippi X-Ray Service; Waggoner & Associates
West Monroe, Louisiana [...]"
"Event Date and Time: Date: 09/15/01 Time: Prior to 9:30 p.m. MST"
"Event Location: Spanish Fork Canyon near Spanish Fork, Utah"
"Event Type: Transportation Accident involving a Radiographic Camera"
"Notifications: The Utah Division of Radiation Control was notified by a Utah licensee (Quality Testing and Inspection) on 09/16/01 at approximately 9:00 a.m. MST. The Radiation Safety Officer for Quality Testing and Inspection indicated that he was contacted on 09/15/01 by the Spanish Fork City Fire Department and asked to assist with an accident involving radioactive material. He assisted in surveying the radiographic exposure device and then took possession of the device."
"[...]"
"Event Description: H & H X-Ray Services, Inc. was approved to work in Utah under the provisions of reciprocity. The licensee's radiography truck was transporting a radiographic exposure device (Amersham Corporation Model 660 B, serial number B2521 containing 61 curies of iridium-192, sealed source model number 424-9, serial number 01453B). The licensee's truck was involved in a one-car rollover accident. The radiographic camera and radioactive source were observed to be undamaged. However, the lid to the steel drum that the exposure device was packaged for transport in came off as a result of the accident. The reciprocity licensee is making arrangements for the exposure device to be leak tested and transferred to Diamond H. Testing in Idaho, [...]. The individual driving the licensee's vehicle was unharmed, and no significant radiation doses resulted from this incident."
"Transport Vehicle Description: H&H X-Ray Services, Inc., radiography truck."
"Media Attention: None"
(Call the NRC operations officer for contact information for the State Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Radiation Control; H&H X-Ray Services, Inc.; Quality Testing and Inspection; and Diamond H. Testing.)