Event Notification Report for July 22, 2006
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/21/2006 - 07/22/2006
EVENT NUMBERS
42722
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 42722
Rep Org: TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Licensee: TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Region: 4
City: ALVIN State: TX
County:
License #: 42-32219-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: CHRIS SMITH
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Licensee: TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Region: 4
City: ALVIN State: TX
County:
License #: 42-32219-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: CHRIS SMITH
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 07/22/2006
Notification Time: 15:24 [ET]
Event Date: 07/22/2006
Event Time: 12:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/22/2006
Notification Time: 15:24 [ET]
Event Date: 07/22/2006
Event Time: 12:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/22/2006
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
30.50(b)(2) - SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE
10 CFR Section:
30.50(b)(2) - SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE
Person (Organization):
JOHN KINNEMAN (R1)
LAWRENCE KOKAJKO (NMSS)
JOHN KINNEMAN (R1)
LAWRENCE KOKAJKO (NMSS)
RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA SOURCE UNABLE TO RETRACT
While performing radiography on a new tank located in the northeast corner of the Milford Power Plant, 55 Shelland Lane, Milford, CT, the magnetic stand fell on the guide tube and crimped the tube and the source cannot be properly retracted into the shielded position. The radiography camera is a model AEA 60B, serial number - B3562 containing a 62 Curie Ir-192 source, serial number - 28814B. The radiography crew established a boundary around the source at a distance where the exposure rate is less than 2 mrem/hr. Access to the boundary is being controlled by the radiography crew through visual surveillance. QSA-Global in Burlington, MA has been contacted to assist in retrieving the source and should be onsite at approximately 1930 EDT on 07/22/06. There are no indications of any abnormal radiation exposures due to this event at this time.
* * * UPDATE ON 7/22/06 AT 2012 EDT FROM C. SMITH TO A. COSTA * * *
QSA-Global personnel were able to remove the kinks from the guide tube and then manually return the source to the device's shielded position. The highest dose received during the procedure, which was complete at 1940 hrs, was 65 mrem to the whole body as measured by pocket dosimetry. Extremity dose measurement will be available after finger dosimetry is processed. The radiography camera will be sent to QSA-Global for evaluation, repairs and leak test.
Notified R1 (J. Kinneman) and NMSS (L. Kokajko).
While performing radiography on a new tank located in the northeast corner of the Milford Power Plant, 55 Shelland Lane, Milford, CT, the magnetic stand fell on the guide tube and crimped the tube and the source cannot be properly retracted into the shielded position. The radiography camera is a model AEA 60B, serial number - B3562 containing a 62 Curie Ir-192 source, serial number - 28814B. The radiography crew established a boundary around the source at a distance where the exposure rate is less than 2 mrem/hr. Access to the boundary is being controlled by the radiography crew through visual surveillance. QSA-Global in Burlington, MA has been contacted to assist in retrieving the source and should be onsite at approximately 1930 EDT on 07/22/06. There are no indications of any abnormal radiation exposures due to this event at this time.
* * * UPDATE ON 7/22/06 AT 2012 EDT FROM C. SMITH TO A. COSTA * * *
QSA-Global personnel were able to remove the kinks from the guide tube and then manually return the source to the device's shielded position. The highest dose received during the procedure, which was complete at 1940 hrs, was 65 mrem to the whole body as measured by pocket dosimetry. Extremity dose measurement will be available after finger dosimetry is processed. The radiography camera will be sent to QSA-Global for evaluation, repairs and leak test.
Notified R1 (J. Kinneman) and NMSS (L. Kokajko).