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Energia i regulacje · 14.08.1998

Source Disconnects Resulting From Radiography Drive Cable Failures

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of NUREG-1631, ``Source Disconnects Resulting from Radiography Drive Cable Failures,'' dated June 1998. In late 1997, the NRC received a number of reports of industrial radiography system drive cable failures. All of the failures occurred immediately behind the male connector and appeared to be generic in nature. Although drive cable failures have occurred periodically within the industrial radiography industry, it was uncommon to experience so many apparently identical failures within such a brief period of time. The apparent generic nature of the events, the potential for serious exposure to radiographers, and the possibility that the issue went beyond NRC jurisdiction thus affecting Agreement States warranted NRC's attention. As a result, a Special Team Inspection was initiated on December 22, 1997. The inspection involved interaction with three Agreement States including close coordination of inspection activities conducted within their jurisdiction. The involved Agreement States, (the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the States of Louisiana and Texas) took the lead role in their respective states, with NRC staf

Source: Federal Register — Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOpen original release →