Event Notification Report for July 22, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/21/2003 - 07/22/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39999 40000 40002
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39999 |
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| REP ORG: OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/16/2003|
|LICENSEE: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:57[EDT]|
| CITY: COLUMBUS REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 07/12/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: OH02110250037 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/16/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |KENNETH RIEMER R3 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MR LIGHT | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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| STATE OF OHIO REPORTED AN UNDERDOSE DURING A SINUS TREATMENT BY A LICENSEE. |
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| During treatment of a patient for a sinus tumor at the James Cancer Center, |
| an intended dose of 1,750 rads of Ir-192 was to be administered, however the |
| patient only received 750 rads. The patient and physician were notified on |
| 7/16/03. They are still investigating the root cause of this medical event. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 40000 |
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| REP ORG: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/16/2003|
|LICENSEE: HALIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:18[EDT]|
| CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 07/16/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: L00442-004 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/16/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA SMITH R4 |
| |DOUG BROADDUS NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES H. OGDEN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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| 4 LABORATORY SOURCES DISCOVERED MISSING AFTER AN INVENTORY CHECK OF OVER |
| 1200 SOURCES. |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS: TEXAS INCIDENT No. I-8037 |
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| Licensee: Haliburton Energy Services located in Houston, Texas. Licensee |
| No. L00442-004 |
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| "During an exhaustive inventory of over 1200 sources stored at the facility, |
| it was determined that 4 laboratory sources that had formerly belonged to |
| Sperry-Sun, were determined to be missing. The RSO thought that the report |
| required was for a 30- day written report and submitted the same to this |
| Agency. However, the activity of the missing sources are in excess of the |
| reporting requirement for 1000 time the Appendix C value, thus requiring an |
| Immediate Report. The sources from the closure of Haliburton's Fort Worth |
| site, and acquisition of Sperry-Sun sources were being combined and placed |
| in the new Houston storage facility. The four sources: 13 millicuries, |
| Cs-137, Serial No. B-404, Model VD-HP; binary source, 0.01 millicuries |
| Am-241/0.005 millicuries Cs-137, Serial No. LL-223, Model No A3201; binary |
| source, 0.001 millicuries Am-241/0.005 millicuries Cs-137, Serial No. |
| LL-224, Model No. A3201; and 0.01 millicuries, Am-241, Serial No. KK-691, |
| Model No. A3201. All sources are Licensed to Texas Licensee L00442-004, |
| Haliburton Energy Services, Houston, Texas. An exhaustive search of the |
| radioactive materials use/storage locations and non-restricted locations in |
| Building G (MTL); Building C, Manufacturing; Building E, Training; Test |
| pits, TRAC Lab, Building DD, the old Sperry source storage bunker; QC |
| CTN:Lab, Building S and Building AA, failed to locate the sources. This |
| inventory discrepancy has caused Haliburton Energy Services to incorporate |
| all sources into a central database with the capability to track movement of |
| radioactive materials globally." |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 40002 |
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| REP ORG: NE DIV OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/2003|
|LICENSEE: HASTINGS STATE BANK |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:42[EDT]|
| CITY: LINCOLN REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 07/17/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: NE |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: GL0377 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA SMITH R4 |
| |MATT HAHN IAT |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TRUDY HILL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BLO1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - TWO LOST EXIT SIGNS THAT CONTAIN TRITIUM |
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| At 1042 EDT on 7/17/03, a Nebraska Radiation Program Radiation Health |
| Specialist reported that a licensee, Hastings State Bank, could not account |
| for two tritium-based exit signs. The bank is buying a building that |
| previously housed a bank. Nebraska State Radiation Program billed the new |
| bank for the materials license associated with the exit signs. The new |
| branch manager of the Hastings Bank was unable to locate the exit signs in |
| question. In April of 1989, each sign contained 4.7 curies of tritium. The |
| State of Nebraska will be visiting the site when the new bank opens in |
| August. |
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