Incident Report from WPB "fire"

["Jim Hardeman" <Jim_Hardeman@dnr.state.ga.us>]

Colleagues *



The following was posted this morning on the NRC website.



Jim Hardeman, Manager

Environmental Radiation Program

Environmental Protection Division

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

4220 International Parkway, Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30354

(404) 362-2675

Fax: (404) 362-2653

E-mail: Jim_Hardeman@dnr.state.ga.us 



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General Information or Other Event Number: 41360 

Rep Org: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL

Licensee: CORRADINO GROUP

Region: 1

City: WEST PALM BEACH State: FL

County: 

License #: 2770-1

Agreement: Y

Docket: 

NRC Notified By: C. ADAMS (VIA E-MAIL)

HQ OPS Officer: BILL HUFFMAN  Notification Date: 01/26/2005

Notification Time: 18:00 [ET]

Event Date: 01/26/2005

Event Time: [EST]

Last Update Date: 01/26/2005  

Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY

10 CFR Section: 

AGREEMENT STATE

 Person (Organization): 

WILLIAM COOK (R1)

THOMAS DECKER (R2)

LARRY CAMPER (NMSS)

JOHN KINNEMAN (R1)

MCDONALD (DHS)

RUTLEDGE (DHS)

 



Event Text 



AGREEMENT STATE REPORT PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT AN EVENT OF MEDIA INTEREST 



The Florida Bureau of Radiation Control provided the following report via e-mail to the NRC: 



"[The] West Palm Beach Fire Department received a call about an electrical fire at [a West Palm Beach business] location. There was not an active fire [when the Fire Department reached the incident site] but an electrical smell [was] in the air. While in the [incident] building location, the FPD radiation dosimeters [worn by the Fire Department responders] indicated a [radioactive] source in a storage locker. [Based on the detected radiation], a one city block was evacuated and an area around the site of ten city blocks was sealed off. " 



[The licensee was authorized to posses Troxler type gauges at the site for its business activities which were stored at the location where the Fire Department had responded.] 



"Investigators [from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control] arrived on scene and noted proper signage on the door [of the incident location] for a temporary work site [storing Troxler type gauges]. Licensee representatives opened [the] storage container [with the Troxler type gauges] to verify that the gauges were inside [and intact]. The emergency is in the process of being terminated. The [State] of Florida will continue its investigation." 



There was never any actual fire or release of any radioactive material during the course of this event. 



Florida Report FL05-016 







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