NRC Event Notification: Industrial Radiography Source Incident at Electric Boat Contained
July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- A potential radiological incident at Electric Boat in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on July 14, 2025, was successfully resolved with no unmonitored personnel exposed and minimal dose to recovery personnel.
At approximately 12:06 AM EDT, an Electric Boat employee was attempting to retract an Iridium-192 (Ir-192) source of 19.5 Curies when it became stuck halfway back into its exposure device. The employee promptly extended the source back into the collimator f . . .
At approximately 12:06 AM EDT, an Electric Boat employee was attempting to retract an Iridium-192 (Ir-192) source of 19.5 Curies when it became stuck halfway back into its exposure device. The employee promptly extended the source back into the collimator f . . .