Event Notification Report for June 5, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/04/2002 - 06/05/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38950 38956
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38950 |
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| REP ORG: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/30/2002|
|LICENSEE: HUNTER INDUSTRIES, LTD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:08[EDT]|
| CITY: SAN ANTONIO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 05/30/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: L04175-000 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/30/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |GARY SANBORN R4 |
| |F. BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES OGDEN, JR | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - TEXAS REPORTS STOLEN NUCLEAR GAUGE |
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| "Gauge had been in use at a job site in San Antonio. The gauge was secured |
| in the bed of a company pickup and was discovered missing at 8 a.m. on May |
| 20, 2002. The gauge, a Troxler Thin-Lift Asphalt Gauge Model 4640B, Serial |
| No. 1825, with an 8 millicurie Cs-137 source, Serial No. 75-8669, was |
| removed from the case which was pried open in the back of the pickup. A |
| police report was filed with the San Antonio Police Department. Transport |
| case was left secure in the rear of the pickup. Only the gauge was stolen. |
| Other details are lacking and will be reported by the Licensee to this |
| Agency within 30 days." |
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| This is tracked under Texas Incident No. I-7901. |
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| The R4DO (G. Sanborn) and NMSS (F. Brown ) was notified. The local police |
| department was notified. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38956 |
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| REP ORG: OR DEPT OF HEALTH RAD PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE:
05/31/2002|
|LICENSEE: US AIR FORCE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:28[EDT]|
| CITY: REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 05/30/2002|
| COUNTY: HOOD RIVER STATE: OR |EVENT TIME: 14:00[PDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/31/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |GARY SANBORN R4 |
| |E. WILLIAM BRACH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEVIN SIEBERT | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LOSS OF LICENSED NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT |
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| An Air Force Pave Hawk Helicopter crashed approximately 800 feet from the |
| summit of Mount Hood. Each of the 4 rotors contains a 500 microcurie Sr-90 |
| source. More information will follow as it becomes available. |
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| The State will be contacting R4. |
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