Event Notification Report for August 29, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
08/28/2002 - 08/29/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39091 39146 39147
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39091 |
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| REP ORG: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/25/2002|
|LICENSEE: ATLANTIC DRILLING SUPPLY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:00[EDT]|
| CITY: ORLANDO REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 07/03/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: FL |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 2830-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/28/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |MARK LESSER R2 |
| |JOHN HICKEY NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+RICHARD WOODRUFF R2 |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE ADAMS | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MISSING SOIL DENSITY GAUGE |
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| Atlantic Drilling Supply shipped a CPN Model NC3 moisture density gauge |
| (serial number M310800431, containing 10 millicuries Cs-137 and 50 |
| millicuries Am-241:Be) to CPN International in Martinez, CA for calibration. |
| The gauge was shipped via Conway Southern Express. The shipment has been |
| traced to Jacksonville where there is paperwork indicating shipment on to |
| Atlanta. There is no paperwork or other indication of the shipment arriving |
| in Atlanta. There is an investigation ongoing to determine the actual |
| location of the shipment. |
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| ***UPDATE 0922 8/28/02 CHARLEY ADAMS (e-mail) TO MIKE NORRIS*** |
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| "Gauge was shipped to CPN for calibration on 7-3-02 from Orlando. It was |
| finally found in the shipper's facility in Denver, Colorado. It had arrived |
| with no shipping papers, no owner, origin, and destination were unknown. It |
| was placed in the lost and found bin until the owner was determined. Gauge |
| was returned to owner on 8-23-02. Gauge was undamaged and had not been |
| opened. Gauge will be sent to CPN for calibration via FEDEX. This office |
| will take no further action on this incident." |
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| Notified R2DO (Cahill), R4DO (Graves) and NMSS (Hickey). |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39146 |
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| REP ORG: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/2002|
|LICENSEE: GONZALES INDUSTRIAL X-RAY, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00[EDT]|
| CITY: PRAIRIEVILLE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: LA-4641-L01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BLACKWELL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING OVEREXPOSURE OF TWO RADIOGRAPHERS DURING |
| 2001 |
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| "Event Report ID No.: LA020009 |
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| "Event Date and Time: January 2002 |
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| "Event Location: Gonzales Industrial X-ray in Prairieville, LA |
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| "Event Type: Overexposure |
| "Notifications: The LDEQ received a letter from the facility on August 23, |
| 2002. |
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| "Event Description: Two industrial radiographers received an excessive |
| exposure for the year 2001. [One Radiographer] received a dose of 5181 mrem |
| and [the other] received a dose of 5408 mrem. These two employees utilize |
| Ir-192 for radiography jobs. The procedures have been changed to prevent |
| this type of occurrence. The facility has started a computerized database |
| that will track the exposure levels daily and monthly for each employee." |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39147 |
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| REP ORG: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/23/2002|
|LICENSEE: GONZALES INDUSTRIAL X-RAYS, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00[EDT]|
| CITY: PRAIRIEVILLE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 08/23/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: LA-4641-L01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/23/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BLACKWELL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING OVEREXPOSURE OF RADIOGRAPHY COMPANY |
| EMPLOYEE |
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| "Event Report ID No.: LA020010 |
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| "Event Date and Time: June 10, 2002 to July 9, 2002 |
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| "Event Location: Gonzales Industrial X-ray in Prairieville, LA |
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| "Event type: Overexposure |
| "Notifications: The LDEQ received a letter from the facility on August 23, |
| 2002. |
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| "Event description: [An employee] received an overexposure of 20864 mrem |
| from June 10, 2002 to July 9, 2002. In the letter received from Ronald |
| Williams, Sr. (RSO), it was stated that [the employee] had constantly |
| misplaced his Landauer badge and would later find it in the area where they |
| were performing radiography. In another instance [the employee] left his |
| Landauer badge in equipment bag while it was adjacent to the camera. The |
| facility requested an investigation by Landauer to see if the exposure was |
| accurate. Landauer stated that the badge was assessed again and judged to be |
| accurate. [The employee's] daily dosimeter readings were recorded, but never |
| went off scale." |
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