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Event Notification Report for January 16, 2020

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Event Reports For
1/15/2020 - 1/16/2020

** EVENT NUMBERS **
 
54464

Agreement State Event Number: 54464
Rep Org: COLORADO DEPT OF HEALTH
Licensee: DBI, INC
Region: 4
City: KERSEY   State: CO
County:
License #: CO 1247-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: PHILLIP PETERSON
HQ OPS Officer: BRIAN LIN		 Notification Date: 01/07/2020
Notification Time: 13:11 [ET]
Event Date: 01/07/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [MST]
Last Update Date: 01/07/2020
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE		 Person (Organization):
HEATHER GEPFORD (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)

Event Text

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - SOURCE DISCONNECT

The following was received from the State of Colorado via email:

"On January 7, 2020, DBI, Inc. reported a source disconnect for an industrial radiography source. The disconnect occurred on the first exposure of the day. The radiographer and assistant extended their boundaries and were able to restrict access at the location. The radiation safety officer was contacted and was successfully able to recover the source into a shielded container. The industrial radiography device was a QSA 880 delta and the source was an Ir-192 source with approximately 42 Curies.

"An onsite investigation will be scheduled in the future."

Event Report ID No.: CO200001

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