Event Notification Report for August 02, 2019
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/01/2019 - 08/02/2019
Agreement State
Event Number: 54196
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Licensee: MISTRAS GROUP IMC
Region: 4
City: BEAUMONT State: TX
County:
License #: L06369
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ARTHUR TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: THOMAS KENDZIA
Licensee: MISTRAS GROUP IMC
Region: 4
City: BEAUMONT State: TX
County:
License #: L06369
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: ARTHUR TUCKER
HQ OPS Officer: THOMAS KENDZIA
Notification Date: 08/02/2019
Notification Time: 17:00 [ET]
Event Date: 08/02/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/02/2019
Notification Time: 17:00 [ET]
Event Date: 08/02/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/02/2019
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
JEREMY GROOM (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
JEREMY GROOM (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DRIVE CABLE ON RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA SOURCE FAILED
The following was received via e-mail from the Texas Department of State Health Services:
"On August 2, 2019, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a radiography crew working at a field site had experienced a source disconnect. The radiographers were using an INC IR-100 exposure device containing a 27 Curie iridium - 192 source. After one of their exposures, they could not return the source to the shielded position. The RSO stated a source recovery team was sent to the site and recovered the source. The RSO stated no overexposures occurred. The RSO stated the recovery team found that the drive cable had broken just behind the drive end connector. The RSO stated they are still investigating the event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Event Report No: 9699
The following was received via e-mail from the Texas Department of State Health Services:
"On August 2, 2019, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that a radiography crew working at a field site had experienced a source disconnect. The radiographers were using an INC IR-100 exposure device containing a 27 Curie iridium - 192 source. After one of their exposures, they could not return the source to the shielded position. The RSO stated a source recovery team was sent to the site and recovered the source. The RSO stated no overexposures occurred. The RSO stated the recovery team found that the drive cable had broken just behind the drive end connector. The RSO stated they are still investigating the event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Event Report No: 9699
Agreement State
Event Number: 54260
Rep Org: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL
Licensee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Region: 1
City: GAINESVILLE State: FL
County:
License #: 0356-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MATTHEW SENISON
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH
Licensee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Region: 1
City: GAINESVILLE State: FL
County:
License #: 0356-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MATTHEW SENISON
HQ OPS Officer: ANDREW WAUGH
Notification Date: 09/06/2019
Notification Time: 13:59 [ET]
Event Date: 08/02/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/06/2019
Notification Time: 13:59 [ET]
Event Date: 08/02/2019
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/06/2019
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
ERIN CARFANG (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
ERIN CARFANG (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF A SOURCE
The following report is a synopsis of an email received from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control:
During an inventory conducted on August 2, 2019, the University of Florida discovered that a Ni-63 source was improperly sent to a scrap metal processor. The Ni-63 source (serial number: 3270) had an activity of 13.5 mCi.
Florida Incident Number: FL19-098
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
The following report is a synopsis of an email received from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control:
During an inventory conducted on August 2, 2019, the University of Florida discovered that a Ni-63 source was improperly sent to a scrap metal processor. The Ni-63 source (serial number: 3270) had an activity of 13.5 mCi.
Florida Incident Number: FL19-098
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf