[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: The Radiological Accident in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Dear Linda,
about your question "Would anyone know if the exposure device involved with
this incident was
equipped with a posi-locking device?"
I got the following answer from the IAEA
"Yes the container had a Posi-lock - it is called different things in
different countries - it is the locking
device on the back of the container that prevented the wind out cable being
disconnected from the container ( because the source had not been retracted
to the safe position). There is a description of the operation of this
mechanical interlock in the report and some of the photos cover it."
Regards
Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ANDERSON Linda(L) - BRUCE POWER" <linda.anderson@brucepower.com>
> To: "Radsafe" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "Jose Julio Rozental"
> <joseroze@netvision.net.il>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 4:34 PM
> Subject: RE: The Radiological Accident in Cochabamba, Bolivia
>
>
> > Thanks for the update.
> >
> > Would anyone know if the exposure device involved with this incident was
> equipped with a posi-locking device?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Linda Anderson
> > Radiation Protection Technician
> > R.P. Programs Section
> > Bruce Power
> > Phone (519) 361-2673 Ext. 5414
> > Fax (519) 361-4616
> > E-mail linda.anderson@brucepower.com
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> [SMTP:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu] on behalf of Jose Julio Rozental
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:47 AM
> > To: Radsafe
> > Subject: The Radiological Accident in Cochabamba, Bolivia
> >
> > IAEA recent 2004 publication -Radiological Accident, Industrial
> Radiography Equipment -- The radioactive source involved in the accident
was
> an Ir-192 sealed source (serial number 140.101) housed in a model 660
> remote exposure container (serial number 4110) manufactured by AEA
> Technology/QSA Inc., USA. At the time of the accident, 2002, the activity
> of the source was 0.67 TBq (18 Ci). Look IAEA Report at
> >
> > http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1199_web.pdf
> >
************************************************************************
You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To
unsubscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu Put the
text "unsubscribe radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail,
with no subject line. You can view the Radsafe archives at
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/
************************************************************************
You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To
unsubscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu Put the
text "unsubscribe radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail,
with no subject line. You can view the Radsafe archives at
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/