Event Notification Report for May 01, 2025
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
04/30/2025 - 05/01/2025
!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!
!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!
Agreement State
Event Number: 57684
Rep Org: Texas Dept of State Health Services
Licensee: Nondestructive & Visual Inspections LLC
Region: 4
City: Orla State: TX
County:
License #: L06162
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Arthur Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West
Licensee: Nondestructive & Visual Inspections LLC
Region: 4
City: Orla State: TX
County:
License #: L06162
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Arthur Tucker
HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West
Notification Date: 05/01/2025
Notification Time: 18:11 [ET]
Event Date: 05/01/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/15/2025
Notification Time: 18:11 [ET]
Event Date: 05/01/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/15/2025
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Agrawal, Ami (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Agrawal, Ami (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
EN Revision Imported Date: 5/16/2025
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIATION EXPOSURE
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On May 1, 2025, a crew made up of a radiographer trainee and a trainer were working on a job site near Orla, Texas. They were using a 58 Ci Ir-192 source [probably with] a Source Production and Equipment Company (SPEC) 150 device. The radiation safety officer (RSO) stated they had completed a shot and the trainer went to look at the digital picture of the weld. The trainee went to the pipe to setup the next shot. The trainee removed the source collimator and set it down. The trainee began to remove the imaging device when the trainer walked up, and the trainer's alarming rate meter went off. The two radiographers left the area, went back to the crank out handle, and found the source was still cranked out and in the collimator. The radiographers retracted the source to the fully shielded position. The trainee's self-reading dosimeter was off scale. The radiographers contacted the RSO and informed them of the event.
"The local RSO had the radiographers reenact the event. It was determined that the trainee was near the exposed source for about three minutes. The trainee reported the collimator was strapped to a stand. The trainee did not touch the collimator when he was moving the source. The majority of the dose would have been to the trainee's knee because of the way the trainee carried the stand with the source. They believe the trainee would have been at least 18 inches from the source during the event. They also believe the trainee was exposed to the source for three minutes. The calculated dose to the knee ranges between 500 millirem and 7.8 rem, depending on what direction the collimator port was facing.
"The trainee's alarming rate meter was tested after the event and functioned properly. The trainee's dosimeter is being sent in for processing, but the results will probably not be received until May 5, 2025.
"[The Department] requested pictures of the hands of the individual involved in the event to be taken and submitted daily for the next week. The RSO agreed to submit a written report on Monday May 5, 2025."
Texas incident report number: 10195
Texas NMED number: TX250026
* * * RETRACTION ON 05/15/25 AT 1117 EDT FROM ART TUCKER TO JORDAN WINGATE * * *
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On May 6, 2025, the licensee provided a video of the reenactment of the event. The video shows the collimator with the source mounted on a stand. The source would have been 12 inches from the trainee's knee and about 6 inches to the closest part of the leg. The licensee used this information to calculate the dose to the radiographer trainee.
"On May 12, 2025, the licensee provided a copy of the request they had sent to its dosimetry processor requesting that the assigned dose to the trainee be 1,069 millirem for the trainee's DDE (deep dose equivalent) and LDE (lens dose equivalent) exposure and a dose of 2,850 millirem be assigned for the SDE (shallow dose equivalent) for the event. No exposures exceeded any limit.
"The licensee's name reported in the initial event was incorrect. The name of the licensee is Nondestructive & Visual Inspections LLC.
"The event has been retracted."
Notified R4DO (Gepford) and NMSS Events Notifications (email).
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIATION EXPOSURE
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On May 1, 2025, a crew made up of a radiographer trainee and a trainer were working on a job site near Orla, Texas. They were using a 58 Ci Ir-192 source [probably with] a Source Production and Equipment Company (SPEC) 150 device. The radiation safety officer (RSO) stated they had completed a shot and the trainer went to look at the digital picture of the weld. The trainee went to the pipe to setup the next shot. The trainee removed the source collimator and set it down. The trainee began to remove the imaging device when the trainer walked up, and the trainer's alarming rate meter went off. The two radiographers left the area, went back to the crank out handle, and found the source was still cranked out and in the collimator. The radiographers retracted the source to the fully shielded position. The trainee's self-reading dosimeter was off scale. The radiographers contacted the RSO and informed them of the event.
"The local RSO had the radiographers reenact the event. It was determined that the trainee was near the exposed source for about three minutes. The trainee reported the collimator was strapped to a stand. The trainee did not touch the collimator when he was moving the source. The majority of the dose would have been to the trainee's knee because of the way the trainee carried the stand with the source. They believe the trainee would have been at least 18 inches from the source during the event. They also believe the trainee was exposed to the source for three minutes. The calculated dose to the knee ranges between 500 millirem and 7.8 rem, depending on what direction the collimator port was facing.
"The trainee's alarming rate meter was tested after the event and functioned properly. The trainee's dosimeter is being sent in for processing, but the results will probably not be received until May 5, 2025.
"[The Department] requested pictures of the hands of the individual involved in the event to be taken and submitted daily for the next week. The RSO agreed to submit a written report on Monday May 5, 2025."
Texas incident report number: 10195
Texas NMED number: TX250026
* * * RETRACTION ON 05/15/25 AT 1117 EDT FROM ART TUCKER TO JORDAN WINGATE * * *
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
"On May 6, 2025, the licensee provided a video of the reenactment of the event. The video shows the collimator with the source mounted on a stand. The source would have been 12 inches from the trainee's knee and about 6 inches to the closest part of the leg. The licensee used this information to calculate the dose to the radiographer trainee.
"On May 12, 2025, the licensee provided a copy of the request they had sent to its dosimetry processor requesting that the assigned dose to the trainee be 1,069 millirem for the trainee's DDE (deep dose equivalent) and LDE (lens dose equivalent) exposure and a dose of 2,850 millirem be assigned for the SDE (shallow dose equivalent) for the event. No exposures exceeded any limit.
"The licensee's name reported in the initial event was incorrect. The name of the licensee is Nondestructive & Visual Inspections LLC.
"The event has been retracted."
Notified R4DO (Gepford) and NMSS Events Notifications (email).
Agreement State
Event Number: 57686
Rep Org: New York State Dept. of Health
Licensee: Westchester County DOLR
Region: 1
City: Valhalla State: NY
County:
License #: 1058
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Nathaniel Kishbaugh
HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard
Licensee: Westchester County DOLR
Region: 1
City: Valhalla State: NY
County:
License #: 1058
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Nathaniel Kishbaugh
HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard
Notification Date: 05/02/2025
Notification Time: 15:07 [ET]
Event Date: 05/01/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/02/2025
Notification Time: 15:07 [ET]
Event Date: 05/01/2025
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/02/2025
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Lally, Christopher (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Lally, Christopher (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LEAKING SOURCE
The following information was provided by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) via email:
"The NYSDOH Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection (BERP) received an email from the radiation safety officer of Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research (DOLR) on May 1, 2025, to report a leaking Ni-63 electron capture device (ECD) from an Agilent 5890GC [Control Module] that was decommissioned pending disposal. The ECD has been locked in storage and not in service.
"Device: Agilent
"Device Model: 5890GC
"Serial No.: U3284
"Isotope: Ni-63
"The licensee was conducting a leak test and wipe of the decommissioned gas chromatography unit. The wipe test for the ECD housing had removable contamination detected at 7,741 pCi when analyzed using a proportional counter. The device is in the initial stages of returning to Agilent and the licensee was performing the wipe test prior to shipment. The licensee is contacting Agilent for additional guidance.
"NYSDOH BERP is actively monitoring this event under Incident Number 1530. Additional information will be provided to NMED once available."
Event Report ID Number: NYSDOH-25-06
The following information was provided by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) via email:
"The NYSDOH Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection (BERP) received an email from the radiation safety officer of Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research (DOLR) on May 1, 2025, to report a leaking Ni-63 electron capture device (ECD) from an Agilent 5890GC [Control Module] that was decommissioned pending disposal. The ECD has been locked in storage and not in service.
"Device: Agilent
"Device Model: 5890GC
"Serial No.: U3284
"Isotope: Ni-63
"The licensee was conducting a leak test and wipe of the decommissioned gas chromatography unit. The wipe test for the ECD housing had removable contamination detected at 7,741 pCi when analyzed using a proportional counter. The device is in the initial stages of returning to Agilent and the licensee was performing the wipe test prior to shipment. The licensee is contacting Agilent for additional guidance.
"NYSDOH BERP is actively monitoring this event under Incident Number 1530. Additional information will be provided to NMED once available."
Event Report ID Number: NYSDOH-25-06