Questionable

["CARTWRIGHT, GARY A" <gcartwright@oppd.com>]

I was wondering if anyone had any further information on this event?


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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   35014
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| LICENSEE: INTERNAT. RAD. & INSPECT. SERVICES   |NOTIFICATION DATE:
11/09/1998|
|    CITY:  SAPULPA                  REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION TIME:
17:00[CST]|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  OK |EVENT DATE:
11/07/1998|
|LICENSE#:  35-30246-01           AGREEMENT:  N  |EVENT TIME:
05:00[CST]|
|  DOCKET:                                       |LAST UPDATE DATE:
11/09/1998|
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|                                                |PERSON
ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |ELMO COLLINS
R4      |
|                                                |MIKE BELL
NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  WIELAND                      |
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|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |
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|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |
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|BAD1 20.2202(a)(1)       PERS OVEREXPOSURE      |
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                                   EVENT TEXT

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| INTERNATIONAL RADIOGRAPHY & INSPECTION SERVICES OF TULSA, OK REPORTED
AN     |
| OVEREXPOSURE OF ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
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| AN EMPLOYEE WALKED PAST A CAMERA WHILE SETTING UP FOR A PIPE
RADIOGRAPH.     |
| THE ATTENDANT TECHNICIANS THOUGHT ( BUT WERE NOT SURE)  THE CAMERA WAS
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| ALREADY SET UP FOR THE RADIOGRAPH.  THE BADGES  WERE SENT TO
THERMONUTECH ON |
| 11/07/98 FOR A READING.  THE LICENSEE JUST RECEIVED THE RESULTS TODAY.
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| THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ANOMALY WITH THE READINGS.  THE LIGHTLY SHIELDED
CHIP   |
| HAD A READING OF 3,400 MR, WHILE THE HEAVILY SHIELDED (WHOLE BODY
BADGE)     |
| CHIP HAD A READING OF 10,780 MR.  THERMONUTECH DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY
THE   |
| WHOLE BODY BADGE IS READING HIGHER THAN THE LIGHTLY SHIELDED BADGE.
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| HOWEVER, THE EMPLOYEE'S DOSIMETER AND TLD HAD BEEN LOST DURING THE
SETUP FOR |
| THE RADIOGRAPH.  THE EMPLOYEE'S BLOOD TEST TAKEN ON 11/07/98 HAD
NORMAL      |
| RESULTS.  THIS EVENT WILL BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED.
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GACartwright
Gary Cartwright
gcartwright@oppd.com

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