ENS Event | |
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12:00 Nov 10, 2003 | |
| Title | Transportation Event - Syringes Lost from Courier Vehicle |
| Event Description | The licensee reported that at 0700 ET on 11/10/03, a courier was transporting syringes containing Technetium-99M and Flourine-18 when, while driving over the Key Bridge in Georgetown, District of Columbia, the trunk of the vehicle popped open and 2 boxes were released just past the bridge in Georgetown. Everything was recovered except for 1 syringe containing 15 millicuries of Flourine-18 calibrated at 1145 ET with a 2-hr half life and 1 pig containing a syringe with 2 millicuries Technetium-99M calibrated at 1300 ET with a 6-hr half life. Pieces of the syringe containing the Flourine-18 were recovered and it was believed that the syringe had been run over by a truck. A radiation survey was performed and only very low readings were found where the syringe had been broken. The pig containing the syringe with Technetium-99M was not recovered and it is believed to have rolled into a storm drain near the intersection of Reservoir Road and M Street in Georgetown. The licensee and the local Hazmat Team determined that there was no need to attempt a recovery of the material from the storm drain.
The licensee had initially notified the VA Dept. of Health, DC Department of Health, and US DOT (NRC) of the released Flourine-18 prior to realizing that the syringe containing Technetium-99M was also missing. The licensee will be updating these agencies. |
| Where | |
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| Eastern Isotopes Inc Sterling, Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 45-25221-01DM |
| Organization: | Eastern Isotopes Inc |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.87 h0.0779 days <br />0.0111 weeks <br />0.00256 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Joe Harless Rso 13:52 Nov 10, 2003 |
| NRC Officer: | Mike Ripley |
| Last Updated: | Nov 10, 2003 |
| 40310 - NRC Website | |
Eastern Isotopes Inc with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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