Event Notification Report for August 29, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/28/2002 - 08/29/2002 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 39091 39146 39147 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39091 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/25/2002| |LICENSEE: ATLANTIC DRILLING SUPPLY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | CITY: ORLANDO REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 07/03/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: FL |EVENT TIME: [EDT]| |LICENSE#: 2830-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/28/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |MARK LESSER R2 | | |JOHN HICKEY NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD WOODRUFF R2 | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE ADAMS | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MISSING SOIL DENSITY GAUGE | | | | Atlantic Drilling Supply shipped a CPN Model NC3 moisture density gauge | | (serial number M310800431, containing 10 millicuries Cs-137 and 50 | | millicuries Am-241:Be) to CPN International in Martinez, CA for calibration. | | The gauge was shipped via Conway Southern Express. The shipment has been | | traced to Jacksonville where there is paperwork indicating shipment on to | | Atlanta. There is no paperwork or other indication of the shipment arriving | | in Atlanta. There is an investigation ongoing to determine the actual | | location of the shipment. | | | | ***UPDATE 0922 8/28/02 CHARLEY ADAMS (e-mail) TO MIKE NORRIS*** | | | | "Gauge was shipped to CPN for calibration on 7-3-02 from Orlando. It was | | finally found in the shipper's facility in Denver, Colorado. It had arrived | | with no shipping papers, no owner, origin, and destination were unknown. It | | was placed in the lost and found bin until the owner was determined. Gauge | | was returned to owner on 8-23-02. Gauge was undamaged and had not been | | opened. Gauge will be sent to CPN for calibration via FEDEX. This office | | will take no further action on this incident." | | | | Notified R2DO (Cahill), R4DO (Graves) and NMSS (Hickey). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39146 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/2002| |LICENSEE: GONZALES INDUSTRIAL X-RAY, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00[EDT]| | CITY: PRAIRIEVILLE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT TIME: [CDT]| |LICENSE#: LA-4641-L01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BLACKWELL | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING OVEREXPOSURE OF TWO RADIOGRAPHERS DURING | | 2001 | | | | "Event Report ID No.: LA020009 | | | | "Event Date and Time: January 2002 | | | | "Event Location: Gonzales Industrial X-ray in Prairieville, LA | | | | "Event Type: Overexposure | | "Notifications: The LDEQ received a letter from the facility on August 23, | | 2002. | | | | "Event Description: Two industrial radiographers received an excessive | | exposure for the year 2001. [One Radiographer] received a dose of 5181 mrem | | and [the other] received a dose of 5408 mrem. These two employees utilize | | Ir-192 for radiography jobs. The procedures have been changed to prevent | | this type of occurrence. The facility has started a computerized database | | that will track the exposure levels daily and monthly for each employee." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39147 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/2002| |LICENSEE: GONZALES INDUSTRIAL X-RAYS, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00[EDT]| | CITY: PRAIRIEVILLE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT TIME: [CDT]| |LICENSE#: LA-4641-L01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BLACKWELL | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING OVEREXPOSURE OF RADIOGRAPHY COMPANY | | EMPLOYEE | | | | "Event Report ID No.: LA020010 | | | | "Event Date and Time: June 10, 2002 to July 9, 2002 | | | | "Event Location: Gonzales Industrial X-ray in Prairieville, LA | | | | "Event type: Overexposure | | "Notifications: The LDEQ received a letter from the facility on August 23, | | 2002. | | | | "Event description: [An employee] received an overexposure of 20864 mrem | | from June 10, 2002 to July 9, 2002. In the letter received from Ronald | | Williams, Sr. (RSO), it was stated that [the employee] had constantly | | misplaced his Landauer badge and would later find it in the area where they | | were performing radiography. In another instance [the employee] left his | | Landauer badge in equipment bag while it was adjacent to the camera. The | | facility requested an investigation by Landauer to see if the exposure was | | accurate. Landauer stated that the badge was assessed again and judged to be | | accurate. [The employee's] daily dosimeter readings were recorded, but never | | went off scale." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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