Event Notification Report for October 30, 2020
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
10/29/2020 - 10/30/2020
Agreement State
Event Number: 54973
Rep Org: OK DEQ RAD MANAGEMENT
Licensee: Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
Region: 4
City: Hugo State: OK
County:
License #: OK-19428-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Kevin Sampson
HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Kendzia
Licensee: Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
Region: 4
City: Hugo State: OK
County:
License #: OK-19428-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Kevin Sampson
HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Kendzia
Notification Date: 10/30/2020
Notification Time: 12:58 [ET]
Event Date: 10/30/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/30/2020
Notification Time: 12:58 [ET]
Event Date: 10/30/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 10/30/2020
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
GREG PICK (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
GREG PICK (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - SHUTTER STUCK CLOSED ON NUCLEAR GAUGE
The following is a synopsis of a notification from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (OK DEQ) via telephone:
OK DEQ was notified on 10/30/2020 by Western Farmers Electric Cooperative that they had discovered a fixed gauge (Texas Nuclear 57157C), with a stuck closed shutter. Licensee plans to secure the shutter in the closed position and decommission the device.
* * * UPDATE ON 10/30/2020 AT 1716 EDT FROM KEVIN SAMPSON TO THOMAS KENDZIA * * *
The following update was received from OK DEQ via email:
"This incident was originally reported to OK DEQ in September. The gauge in question is mounted approximately 15 feet above grade and the shutter is operated by cables. In September the licensee informed [OK DEQ] that the cable system was not working but the shutter was functional. At the time, [OK DEQ] concluded that this was not reportable. On October 1, a technician was on site to repair the cable system but discovered that the shutter was now stuck in the closed position. The licensee did not report this to [OK DEQ] until today."
Notified R4DO (PICK) and NMSS Events Notification via email.
The following is a synopsis of a notification from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (OK DEQ) via telephone:
OK DEQ was notified on 10/30/2020 by Western Farmers Electric Cooperative that they had discovered a fixed gauge (Texas Nuclear 57157C), with a stuck closed shutter. Licensee plans to secure the shutter in the closed position and decommission the device.
* * * UPDATE ON 10/30/2020 AT 1716 EDT FROM KEVIN SAMPSON TO THOMAS KENDZIA * * *
The following update was received from OK DEQ via email:
"This incident was originally reported to OK DEQ in September. The gauge in question is mounted approximately 15 feet above grade and the shutter is operated by cables. In September the licensee informed [OK DEQ] that the cable system was not working but the shutter was functional. At the time, [OK DEQ] concluded that this was not reportable. On October 1, a technician was on site to repair the cable system but discovered that the shutter was now stuck in the closed position. The licensee did not report this to [OK DEQ] until today."
Notified R4DO (PICK) and NMSS Events Notification via email.
Agreement State
Event Number: 54975
Rep Org: ARIZONA DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES
Licensee: Pro-Tex The PT X-Perts, LLC
Region: 4
City: Phoenix State: AZ
County:
License #: AZ-07-588
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Brian D. Goretzki
HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Kendzia
Licensee: Pro-Tex The PT X-Perts, LLC
Region: 4
City: Phoenix State: AZ
County:
License #: AZ-07-588
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Brian D. Goretzki
HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Kendzia
Notification Date: 10/30/2020
Notification Time: 22:18 [ET]
Event Date: 10/30/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [MST]
Last Update Date: 10/30/2020
Notification Time: 22:18 [ET]
Event Date: 10/30/2020
Event Time: 00:00 [MST]
Last Update Date: 10/30/2020
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
GREG PICK (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
GREG PICK (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB (EMAIL)
- CNSNS (MEXICO) (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST DENSITY GAUGE
The following was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services (Department) via email:
"The Department received notification from the licensee that a portable gauge was lost. A technician left the portable gauge on the tailgate of his truck while completing paperwork and then drove off. When he realized that the gauge was missing, he retraced his steps but was unable to locate it. The gauge is a Troxler 3430, Serial Number 32909, containing approximately 8 milliCuries of Cesium-137 and 40 milliCuries of Americium-241:Beryllium. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event."
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
The following was received from the Arizona Department of Health Services (Department) via email:
"The Department received notification from the licensee that a portable gauge was lost. A technician left the portable gauge on the tailgate of his truck while completing paperwork and then drove off. When he realized that the gauge was missing, he retraced his steps but was unable to locate it. The gauge is a Troxler 3430, Serial Number 32909, containing approximately 8 milliCuries of Cesium-137 and 40 milliCuries of Americium-241:Beryllium. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event."
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf