Event Notification Report for October 02, 2018
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
10/01/2018 - 10/02/2018
EVENT NUMBERS
53641
Agreement State
Event Number: 53641
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Licensee: DESERT NDT LLC
Region: 4
City: ABILENE State: TX
County:
License #: L06462
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ART TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: PHIL NATIVIDAD
Licensee: DESERT NDT LLC
Region: 4
City: ABILENE State: TX
County:
License #: L06462
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ART TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: PHIL NATIVIDAD
Notification Date: 10/03/2018
Notification Time: 15:11 [ET]
Event Date: 10/02/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/03/2018
Notification Time: 15:11 [ET]
Event Date: 10/02/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/03/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
THOMAS FARNHOLTZ (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
THOMAS FARNHOLTZ (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DAMAGED RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE
The following was received via email from the State of Texas:
"On October 3, 2018, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that one of their radiography crews had reported they could not retract a 22 Curie Iridium-192 source into a SPEC 150 exposure device. The crew was working at a remote job site [in Carrizo Springs, TX]. The exposure device was sitting on a pipe rack. During an exposure (not the first one) the device fell off the pipe rack, hitting the guide tube, and crimping the tube to a point where the source could not be retracted back into the device.
"The crew contacted the RSO and a retrieval team was sent to the location. The source was positioned in the collimator and covered with bags of lead shot. The retrieval team was able to cut the protective coating off of the guide tube and, using a pair of pliers, reshape the guide tube until the source could be retracted to the fully locked position.
"No member of the general public received an exposure from this event. The highest dose received by an individual responding to this event was 40 millirem."
Texas Incident: I-9616
The following was received via email from the State of Texas:
"On October 3, 2018, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that one of their radiography crews had reported they could not retract a 22 Curie Iridium-192 source into a SPEC 150 exposure device. The crew was working at a remote job site [in Carrizo Springs, TX]. The exposure device was sitting on a pipe rack. During an exposure (not the first one) the device fell off the pipe rack, hitting the guide tube, and crimping the tube to a point where the source could not be retracted back into the device.
"The crew contacted the RSO and a retrieval team was sent to the location. The source was positioned in the collimator and covered with bags of lead shot. The retrieval team was able to cut the protective coating off of the guide tube and, using a pair of pliers, reshape the guide tube until the source could be retracted to the fully locked position.
"No member of the general public received an exposure from this event. The highest dose received by an individual responding to this event was 40 millirem."
Texas Incident: I-9616