Event Notification Report for March 04, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
03/03/2022 - 03/04/2022
Agreement State
Event Number: 55754
Rep Org: Louisiana DEQ
Licensee: Equistar Chemicals, LP
Region: 4
City: Lake Charles State: LA
County:
License #: LA-2663-L01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: James M. Pate III
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 02/24/2022
Notification Time: 10:11 [ET]
Event Date: 02/23/2022
Event Time: 18:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/24/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
O'Keefe, Neil (R4)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
Event Text
EN Revision Imported Date: 3/4/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - BROKEN SOURCE CABLE
The following information was provided by the state of Louisiana via email:
"On February 24, 2022, at 0759 CST, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality received this event notification. The facility involved was Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene JV, LLC. On February 23, 2022, at 1800 CST, a Berthold device cable broke or disconnected in a vessel. The source cannot be retrieved back into a shielded condition. The gauge is a Berthold Model: SSC-200, source holder: LB 300 IRL, source S/N: 1405-11-16, 1000 mCi of Cs-137. Survey meter readings at the vessel are 400 mR/hr and 2 mR/hr at fifteen (15) feet.
"The facility has contacted the manufacturer to come assist in source retrieval within the pipe inside the vessel."
Louisiana Event Report ID No.: LA 20220003
Agreement State
Event Number: 55755
Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services
Licensee: Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Cleburne State: TX
County:
License #: L 06871
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Art Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 02/24/2022
Notification Time: 12:19 [ET]
Event Date: 02/22/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/24/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
O'Keefe, Neil (R4)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
Event Text
EN Revision Imported Date: 3/4/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DENSITY GAUGE SHUTTER FAILURE
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (Agency) via email:
"On February 23, 2022, the Agency was notified by the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) that one of his crews had a failure of a shutter device on a Thermo Fisher Model 5190 density gauge containing a 20 millicurie (original activity) cesium - 137 source. The RSO stated that the shutter is a lead sheet that slides in a channel in front of the source. The RSO stated that the channel the sheet of lead slides through was damaged and the lead sheet will not stay in place if the gauge is moved (jiggled). It cannot be locked in the shield (closed) position. The workers removed the gauge and the pipe it was installed on and placed them both in storage. The RSO stated they were going to contact the manufacturer to have the gauge repaired.
"No individual received any significant exposure from this event.
"Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300."
Texas Incident #: 9918