ENS Event | |
|---|---|
17:30 Dec 1, 2025 | |
| Title | Damaged Gauge |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (The Department) via email:
GeoTrack Technologies, Inc. informed the Department via phone on December 1, 2025, that an authorized user and portable gauging device were hit by a truck while in use. The licensee reported that a 10 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am-241:Be Humboldt Scientific Model 5001 [gauge] was involved in the event. A portion of the index rod was broken and separated from the portable gauging device. The licensee was able to secure the source back into the portable gauging device. The licensee secured the area and waited for the Department's arrival. The licensee did not report any health or safety concerns and does not believe there to be any over exposures associated with the event. The Department went onsite to the construction site on December 1, 2025. Removable contamination and ambient dose surveys were performed. Ambient dose surveys were consistent with the Sealed Source and Device Registry certificate. The removable contamination surveys were background or below. The device is secured and being stored at the licensee's facility. This event is still under investigation by the Department. South Carolina event number: To be determined. |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Geotrack Technologies, Inc. Inman, South Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 909 |
| Organization: | Sc Dept Of Health & Env Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.47 h0.0613 days <br />0.00875 weeks <br />0.00201 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Jacob Price 18:58 Dec 1, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton |
| Last Updated: | Dec 1, 2025 |
| 58066 - NRC Website | |
Geotrack Technologies, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 580662025-12-01T17:30:0001 December 2025 17:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Damaged Gauge 2025-12-01T17:30:00 | |