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Event Notification Report for January 22, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
01/21/2003 - 01/22/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39517 39518
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39517 |
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| REP ORG: OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/17/2003|
|LICENSEE: ABB INCORPORATED |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:44[EST]|
| CITY: COLUMBUS REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 01/16/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT TIME: 17:00[EST]|
|LICENSE#: 03211250000 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/17/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DAVID HILLS R3 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SNEE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LEAKING PROMETHIUM - 147 SOURCE |
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| The licensee informed the Ohio Department of Health on 1/16/03 of a leaking |
| Pm-147 source possibly caused by a defective or failed material. The source |
| had been received by ABB from a customer in Japan (Yokagawa Electric). The |
| source was contained and no spread of contamination was detected. ABB will |
| inform the facility in Japan and properly dispose of the source. The |
| leaking source was a 70 millicurie Pm-147, ABB model S-11. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39518 |
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| REP ORG: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/17/2003|
|LICENSEE: GEOTECH ENGINEERING AND TESTING |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:18[EST]|
| CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 01/16/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT TIME: 16:45[CST]|
|LICENSE#: L03923-002 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/17/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |GARY SANBORN R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM OGDEN | |
| 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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| TEXAS AGREEMENT STATE REPORT FOR STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| "Event location: Near intersection of Milam and 700 block of Clay Road, |
| Houston, Texas (Downtown) |
| "Event type: RAM Stolen (Stolen Moisture-Density Gauge) |
| "Notifications: TDH Medical Duty Officer, TDH/BRC, City of Houston Police |
| Department |
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| "Event description: Driver/operator returned to his vehicle at completion of |
| the work day (construction site for a Houston Metro Station) and discovered |
| the nuclear moisture density gauge and case are missing from his truck. The |
| chain and lock were still attached to the truck. The company believes the |
| gauge handle and latch were pried from the case. The gauge and case are |
| missing. The missing gauge is a Troxler Model 3411B, Serial No. 20098, with |
| two sealed sources: 8 millicuries of Cs-137, Serial No. 751355; and 40 |
| millicuries of Am-241/Be, Serial No. 4715582". |
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