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Event Notification Report for September 23, 2023
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/22/2023 - 09/23/2023
EVENT NUMBERS
56756
Agreement State
Event Number: 56756
Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services
Licensee: The Dow Chemical Company
Region: 4
City: Freeport State: TX
County:
License #: L00451
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Art Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West
Licensee: The Dow Chemical Company
Region: 4
City: Freeport State: TX
County:
License #: L00451
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Art Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West
Notification Date: 09/24/2023
Notification Time: 19:12 [ET]
Event Date: 09/23/2023
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/24/2023
Notification Time: 19:12 [ET]
Event Date: 09/23/2023
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/24/2023
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Groom, Jeremy (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Groom, Jeremy (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE - STUCK SHUTTER
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On September 24, 2023, the Department was notified by the licensee that during a maintenance inspection, the shutter on a Ronan Engineering nuclear gauge failed to close. The gauge contains a 500 millicurie Cs-137 source. Open is the normal operating position for the gauge. The licensee stated that due to the location of the gauge it is not an exposure risk to any individual. The licensee is posting a sign at the access port to the vessel the gauge is attached to stating `NO ENTRY.' Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Incident Number: I-10054
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On September 24, 2023, the Department was notified by the licensee that during a maintenance inspection, the shutter on a Ronan Engineering nuclear gauge failed to close. The gauge contains a 500 millicurie Cs-137 source. Open is the normal operating position for the gauge. The licensee stated that due to the location of the gauge it is not an exposure risk to any individual. The licensee is posting a sign at the access port to the vessel the gauge is attached to stating `NO ENTRY.' Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Incident Number: I-10054