Event Notification Report for May 17, 2024
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/16/2024 - 05/17/2024
EVENT NUMBERS
57133
57133
Agreement State
Event Number: 57133
Rep Org: North Dakota Department of Health
Licensee: Braun Intertec Corporation
Region: 4
City: State: ND
County:
License #: 33-48303-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Janell Anderson
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Licensee: Braun Intertec Corporation
Region: 4
City: State: ND
County:
License #: 33-48303-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Janell Anderson
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 05/20/2024
Notification Time: 14:18 [ET]
Event Date: 05/17/2024
Event Time: 00:00 []
Last Update Date: 05/20/2024
Notification Time: 14:18 [ET]
Event Date: 05/17/2024
Event Time: 00:00 []
Last Update Date: 05/20/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Dixon, John (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
McCraw, Aaron (R3DO)
Dixon, John (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
McCraw, Aaron (R3DO)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STUCK SOURCE
The following information was provided by North Dakota Department of Health via email:
"At 0955 CDT, Monday, May 20, 2024, the North Dakota Department of Health received a call from the Corporate, Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) of Braun Intertec Corporation (Braun). Braun's North Dakota [state] RSO received a phone call on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 0941 from a Braun radiographer on site indicating a 40.5 curie Iridium-192 source (QSA Model 424-9, S/N 91621M) was unable to be returned into the radiographic device (QSA Model 880 Delta S/N D15651). The radiographer had initiated a crank out of the source and immediately was aware something was not working properly. Attempts to return the source to the locked position failed. The RSO indicated that the source may not have been fully out of the radiographic device and inside the guide tube, but may have been out of the locked position yet still inside the radiographic device.
"The North Dakota RSO arrived on site at 1205 to perform the source retrieval. The Iridium-192 source was retracted into the radiographic device at 1315.
"Initial investigation indicates no dose exceedances/overexposures occurred during the retrieval process, and a faulty control assembly is the cause of the misconnect event. The control assembly has been removed from service."
North Dakota's reference number: ND240002.
The following information was provided by North Dakota Department of Health via email:
"At 0955 CDT, Monday, May 20, 2024, the North Dakota Department of Health received a call from the Corporate, Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) of Braun Intertec Corporation (Braun). Braun's North Dakota [state] RSO received a phone call on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 0941 from a Braun radiographer on site indicating a 40.5 curie Iridium-192 source (QSA Model 424-9, S/N 91621M) was unable to be returned into the radiographic device (QSA Model 880 Delta S/N D15651). The radiographer had initiated a crank out of the source and immediately was aware something was not working properly. Attempts to return the source to the locked position failed. The RSO indicated that the source may not have been fully out of the radiographic device and inside the guide tube, but may have been out of the locked position yet still inside the radiographic device.
"The North Dakota RSO arrived on site at 1205 to perform the source retrieval. The Iridium-192 source was retracted into the radiographic device at 1315.
"Initial investigation indicates no dose exceedances/overexposures occurred during the retrieval process, and a faulty control assembly is the cause of the misconnect event. The control assembly has been removed from service."
North Dakota's reference number: ND240002.