ENS 50501

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05:00 Sep 30, 2014
Title	Agreement State Report - Unable to Retract Radiography Camera Source
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of Texas via email: On October 1, 2014, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] received notice that on September 30, 2014, a radiography source disconnect had occurred at a temporary field site in east Houston. The camera was a Sentinel 880D (s/n D6746) with 68.3 curies of selenium-75 (s/n SE3877). The port cover had not been opened and the source had not been connected to the drive cable. Upon crank-out, the source was stopped at the port cover and could not be retracted. Retrieval was done by pushing the source back in via another drive cable from the other side. The person doing the retrieval received 38 mR to the body and 98 mR to the hand according to pocket dosimeters. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident #: I-9240

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

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+33.72 h1.405 days <br />0.201 weeks <br />0.0462 months <br />)
Opened:	Gentry Hearn 14:43 Oct 1, 2014
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Oct 1, 2014
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