Event Notification Report for June 15, 2016
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
06/14/2016 - 06/15/2016
EVENT NUMBERS
52008
Agreement State
Event Number: 52008
Rep Org: NJ RAD PROT AND REL PREVENTION PGM
Licensee: ATLANTIC ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.
Region: 1
City: RAHWAY State: NJ
County:
License #: 506950
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KAREN FLANIGAN
HQ OPS Officer: DONG HWA PARK
Licensee: ATLANTIC ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.
Region: 1
City: RAHWAY State: NJ
County:
License #: 506950
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KAREN FLANIGAN
HQ OPS Officer: DONG HWA PARK
Notification Date: 06/15/2016
Notification Time: 16:19 [ET]
Event Date: 06/15/2016
Event Time: 07:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/17/2016
Notification Time: 16:19 [ET]
Event Date: 06/15/2016
Event Time: 07:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/17/2016
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
SILAS KENNEDY (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFIC (EMAI)
SILAS KENNEDY (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFIC (EMAI)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - VEHICLE CONTAINING A TROXLER GAUGE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection was informed that a vehicle containing a Troxler gauge Model 3411B, S/N 19870, was involved in an accident. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene. The gauge was damaged, but radiation levels around the gauge were normal. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer took possession of the gauge.
* * * UPDATE AT 0944 EDT ON 6/17/16 FROM KAREN FLANIGAN TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *
The following report was received via e-mail:
"Local HAZMAT notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) that a vehicle that was towed from the scene of a motor vehicle accident was found to contain a portable [nuclear] gauge. NJDEP staff responded to the towing yard and identified the device as a Troxler 3411-B moisture-density gauge belonging to New Jersey licensee Atlantic Engineering Laboratories, Inc. The source rod was fully retracted, but the sliding block on the bottom of the gauge was stuck open. The exposure rate at the opening in the plate was 5.2 mR/hr. The licensee's RSO came to the site, closed the sliding block, performed a leak test, and returned the device to its Type A package. The RSO took possession of the gauge for transport to the licensee's licensed storage location."
Am-241/Be source - 44 mCi
Cs-137 source - 9 mCi
Notified the R1DO (Kennedy) and NMSS Resources (via e-mail).
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection was informed that a vehicle containing a Troxler gauge Model 3411B, S/N 19870, was involved in an accident. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene. The gauge was damaged, but radiation levels around the gauge were normal. The licensee's Radiation Safety Officer took possession of the gauge.
* * * UPDATE AT 0944 EDT ON 6/17/16 FROM KAREN FLANIGAN TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *
The following report was received via e-mail:
"Local HAZMAT notified the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) that a vehicle that was towed from the scene of a motor vehicle accident was found to contain a portable [nuclear] gauge. NJDEP staff responded to the towing yard and identified the device as a Troxler 3411-B moisture-density gauge belonging to New Jersey licensee Atlantic Engineering Laboratories, Inc. The source rod was fully retracted, but the sliding block on the bottom of the gauge was stuck open. The exposure rate at the opening in the plate was 5.2 mR/hr. The licensee's RSO came to the site, closed the sliding block, performed a leak test, and returned the device to its Type A package. The RSO took possession of the gauge for transport to the licensee's licensed storage location."
Am-241/Be source - 44 mCi
Cs-137 source - 9 mCi
Notified the R1DO (Kennedy) and NMSS Resources (via e-mail).