Event Notification Report for December 11, 2012
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
12/10/2012 - 12/11/2012
EVENT NUMBERS
48602
Agreement State
Event Number: 48602
Rep Org: MISSISSIPPI DIV OF RAD HEALTH
Licensee: MISTRAS GROUP INC
Region: 4
City: PASCAGOULA State: MS
County:
License #: MS-995-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: LOREN ROSS
HQ OPS Officer: CHARLES TEAL
Licensee: MISTRAS GROUP INC
Region: 4
City: PASCAGOULA State: MS
County:
License #: MS-995-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: LOREN ROSS
HQ OPS Officer: CHARLES TEAL
Notification Date: 12/18/2012
Notification Time: 12:03 [ET]
Event Date: 12/11/2012
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/18/2012
Notification Time: 12:03 [ET]
Event Date: 12/11/2012
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/18/2012
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
JACK WHITTEN (R4DO)
FSME EVENT RESOURCE (EMAI)
JACK WHITTEN (R4DO)
FSME EVENT RESOURCE (EMAI)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA SOURCE FAILED TO RETRACT
The following was received from the State of Mississippi via email:
"Licensee's RSO contacted DRH (Division of Radiation Health) by telephone on December 11, 2012 to inform the department that a source retrieval was done earlier that morning on exposure device S/N D2652 source S/N 88902B. This was due to a unsecured exposure device falling to the ground from a valve assembly handle it was place on while performing an exposure. When the radiographer tried to crank the source back into the exposure device he noticed a crimp in the guide tube close to the camera. The radiographer then cranked the source back out to the collimator to provide more shielding and then contacted the RSO for source retrieval. The RSO performed the source retrieval within two hours of being called. The RSO received a dose of 32 mR for the retrieval."
Mississippi Report #: MS-12006
The following was received from the State of Mississippi via email:
"Licensee's RSO contacted DRH (Division of Radiation Health) by telephone on December 11, 2012 to inform the department that a source retrieval was done earlier that morning on exposure device S/N D2652 source S/N 88902B. This was due to a unsecured exposure device falling to the ground from a valve assembly handle it was place on while performing an exposure. When the radiographer tried to crank the source back into the exposure device he noticed a crimp in the guide tube close to the camera. The radiographer then cranked the source back out to the collimator to provide more shielding and then contacted the RSO for source retrieval. The RSO performed the source retrieval within two hours of being called. The RSO received a dose of 32 mR for the retrieval."
Mississippi Report #: MS-12006