ENS 49226

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Jul 29, 2013
Title	Radiography Source Retraction Failure
Event Description	The following information was received via E-mail: On July 30, 2013, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] received a call from the RSO of Fugro Consultants, Inc. regarding a source retraction failure on July 29, 2013. The licensee had a temporary industrial radiography site in Houston, Texas. The IR-192 source was in an INC IR-100, serial number 7231. The source was unable to be retracted due to a malfunction with the safety latch plate engaging before the source was retracted. The RSO received a call about the problem at 2000 CDT that evening and travelled to the site. The source was retrieved according to the conditions of the license. The RSO determined that no overexposures resulted to the crew, nor were there exposures to the public, resulting from the event. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: I 9100.

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Where
Fugro Consultants Lp Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	04322
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+36.75 h1.531 days <br />0.219 weeks <br />0.0503 months <br />)
Opened:	Gentry Hearn 17:45 Jul 30, 2013
NRC Officer:	Donald Norwood
Last Updated:	Jul 30, 2013
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