ENS 50959

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04:00 Apr 4, 2015
Title	Agreement State Report - Inability to Retract a Radiography Source to Its Shielded Position
Event Description	The following information was received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania via email/fax: An 84 curie iridium-192 (lr-192) source being housed in a Source Production & Equipment Company (SPEC) 150 industrial radiography camera could not be retracted back into the exposure device. The source eventually was able to be retrieved without any over exposures to either the workers or the general public.. The cable broke and became dislodged from the gear mechanism within the exposure device itself. The cable was manually pulled to return the lr-192 source to its locked position within the exposure device. It is unknown at this time why the cable broke. PA Event Report ID No.: PA150009

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Where
Janx Montrose Borough, Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1)
License number:	PA-1363
Organization:	Pa Bureau Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+58.37 h2.432 days <br />0.347 weeks <br />0.08 months <br />)
Opened:	Joseph M. Melnic 14:22 Apr 6, 2015
NRC Officer:	Steve Sandin
Last Updated:	Apr 6, 2015
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