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NRC: Stuck Shutter Reported at Chevron Phillips Chemical Facility
July 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- A stuck-open shutter on a radioactive gauge at a facility of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, Woodlands, Texas, was reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services on July 10, 2025. The incident, logged as Event Number 57807, involved a Vega model SH-F1 gauge containing a Cesium-137 source (1,000 millicurie original activity).

The shutter failed in its open position during testing. Art Tucker notified the NRC Headquarters Operations Center about the . . .

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