BUDGET DUMPSTER CT UPDATE

The trainee did not have his alarming dosimeter turned on, and he did not have his survey meter close by. 'It was reported that, after setting up and taking two shots, the trainee noticed that the source got stuck in the guide tube. 'On September 28, 2023, the Department received additional information from both the licensee and the consultant hired by the licensee following a reenactment of the incident.

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* * * UPDATE ON AT 1832 EDT FROM RANDALL REDD TO BETHANY CECERE * * * Further information after that will be provided per SA-300.' An update will be provided to the Headquarters Operations Center (HOC) tomorrow afternoon. Licensee has reported that both are trained to retrieve sources. 'The source retrieval was performed by the associate radiation safety officer and another individual. A meeting with the Department is set up for 1100 to discuss a dose estimate as well as get a narrative. 'An experienced consultant has been hired by the licensee and will begin work in the morning reconstructing what happened.

The trainer was reportedly not close to the source and his dose was reported as not significant. His dosimetry badge has been sent in overnight for processing. The Department has also asked that the licensee take daily pictures of the trainee's hands. This Department recommended that they send bloodwork to (REAC/TS) and provided contact information for REAC/TS. They have taken the trainee to a medical facility for blood tests with no results yet. They were not able to provide a time estimate for the exposure to the trainee, but they were talking about minutes. They did report that the drive cable was not broken, and it seems that this may be a misconnect. The licensee could not give a narrative or a dose estimate for the trainee who was working the source. The source is 63.6 curies of iridium-192 in an Industrial Nuclear Corporation (INC) IR-100 camera. 'On September 27, 2023, the Department received a report of a source disconnect incident from a licensee that occurred on September 26, 2023, at around 1000. The following information was provided by the Radiation Control Program Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:

AGREEMENT STATE - RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE DISCONNECTED

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