ENS 40129

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Aug 26, 2003
Title	P-32 Source Inadvertantly Discarded to Recycling
Event Description	Late on the afternoon of 8/26 a 607 microcurie P-32 source was delivered to the Towers Building at the University of Medicine & Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School located in Piscataway, NJ. Due to a missed communication, the packaging was discarded with the source vial to the cardboard recycling dumpster. The dumpster was picked up on 8/28 and delivered to the cardboard recycling facility located in Port Newark, NJ for bailing and shipment to China. The recycling facility produces about 550 bails/day. A rad survey at the recycling facility found no detectable radiation. The transit time to China is estimated between 4-6 weeks where the material will either enter the pulping process or municipal waste. The licensee has corrective actions under review.

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Where
Univ Of Medicine & Dentistry Of Nj Piscataway, New Jersey (NRC Region 1)
License number:	29-15188-01
Organization:	Univ Of Medicine & Dentistry Of Nj
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+209 h8.708 days <br />1.244 weeks <br />0.286 months <br />)
Opened:	Patrick Mcdermott 21:00 Sep 3, 2003
NRC Officer:	Steve Sandin
Last Updated:	Sep 3, 2003
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