Event Notification Report for July 25, 2007
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/24/2007 - 07/25/2007
General Information or Other
Event Number: 43519
Rep Org: OK DEQ RAD MANAGEMENT
Licensee: TEAM INDUSTRIAL
Region: 4
City: TULSA State: OK
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE BRODERICK
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Licensee: TEAM INDUSTRIAL
Region: 4
City: TULSA State: OK
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE BRODERICK
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Notification Date: 07/25/2007
Notification Time: 06:52 [ET]
Event Date: 07/25/2007
Event Time: 04:30 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/25/2007
Notification Time: 06:52 [ET]
Event Date: 07/25/2007
Event Time: 04:30 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/25/2007
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
LINDA SMITH (R4)
CINDY FLANNERY (FSME)
RANDY ERICKSON (R4)
LINDA SMITH (R4)
CINDY FLANNERY (FSME)
RANDY ERICKSON (R4)
SOURCE STUCK OUTSIDE OF RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA
Team Industrial was performing radiography at the Sinclair Refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma approximately 25 feet above the ground. During the exposure, the camera fell approximately 3-4 feet onto scaffolding. The fall damaged the ball joint connecting the source to the retraction wire i.e. the source will not retract. The RSO has contacted their corporate office and is contracting with a source retrieval company. The area has been secured and cordoned off. Inability to enter this area does not affect continued refinery operation. The radiography technician received a dose of 40 mR during this incident.
Source: 27 Ci Ir-192
Camera: Amersham 880D
Team Industrial was performing radiography at the Sinclair Refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma approximately 25 feet above the ground. During the exposure, the camera fell approximately 3-4 feet onto scaffolding. The fall damaged the ball joint connecting the source to the retraction wire i.e. the source will not retract. The RSO has contacted their corporate office and is contracting with a source retrieval company. The area has been secured and cordoned off. Inability to enter this area does not affect continued refinery operation. The radiography technician received a dose of 40 mR during this incident.
Source: 27 Ci Ir-192
Camera: Amersham 880D
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 43533
Rep Org: THYSSENKRUPP WAUPACA
Licensee: THYSSENKRUPP WAUPACA
Region: 3
City: TELL CITY State: IN
County:
License #: 48-150-31-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: GARY GREUBEL
HQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN
Licensee: THYSSENKRUPP WAUPACA
Region: 3
City: TELL CITY State: IN
County:
License #: 48-150-31-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: GARY GREUBEL
HQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN
Notification Date: 07/28/2007
Notification Time: 11:32 [ET]
Event Date: 07/25/2007
Event Time: 20:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/02/2007
Notification Time: 11:32 [ET]
Event Date: 07/25/2007
Event Time: 20:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 08/02/2007
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
ERIC DUNCAN (R3)
DENNIS RATHBUN (FSME)
ERIC DUNCAN (R3)
DENNIS RATHBUN (FSME)
DAMAGED LEVEL GAUGE
The licensee (a foundry) reported damage to a level gauge (Texas Nuclear/Thermal Fischer Scientific containing a 100 millicurie source) due to a loss of area cooling. The cooling was lost when a unrelated fire damaged a water cooling pump in another part of the facility and radiant heat from the foundry process apparently caused damage to lead shielding around the gauge. The damage was discovered when the gauge started reading erratically. Investigation into the erratic level reading revealed a high radiation level in the vicinity of the gauge. The area in the vicinity of the gauge was cordoned off and assistance from the gauge manufacturer was requested. Shielding on one of the gauges was found to be partially melted and was assumed to have occurred when cooling in the area was lost. No contamination or damage to the source took place and no overexposure occurred. The damaged gauge and another gauge in the area were both removed and packaged for shipment back to the manufacturer for repair.
* * * UPDATE AT 1347 EDT ON 8/2/07 FROM GARY GREUBEL TO S. SANDIN * * *
Two gauges, S/N B3224 and B3223, approximately 8 feet apart were involved in the above incident. Each gauge contained a 100 mCi Cs-137 source. Both gauges have been packaged and are awaiting shipment to the manufacturer. Notified R3DO (Orth) and FSME (Burgess).
The licensee (a foundry) reported damage to a level gauge (Texas Nuclear/Thermal Fischer Scientific containing a 100 millicurie source) due to a loss of area cooling. The cooling was lost when a unrelated fire damaged a water cooling pump in another part of the facility and radiant heat from the foundry process apparently caused damage to lead shielding around the gauge. The damage was discovered when the gauge started reading erratically. Investigation into the erratic level reading revealed a high radiation level in the vicinity of the gauge. The area in the vicinity of the gauge was cordoned off and assistance from the gauge manufacturer was requested. Shielding on one of the gauges was found to be partially melted and was assumed to have occurred when cooling in the area was lost. No contamination or damage to the source took place and no overexposure occurred. The damaged gauge and another gauge in the area were both removed and packaged for shipment back to the manufacturer for repair.
* * * UPDATE AT 1347 EDT ON 8/2/07 FROM GARY GREUBEL TO S. SANDIN * * *
Two gauges, S/N B3224 and B3223, approximately 8 feet apart were involved in the above incident. Each gauge contained a 100 mCi Cs-137 source. Both gauges have been packaged and are awaiting shipment to the manufacturer. Notified R3DO (Orth) and FSME (Burgess).