ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 17, 2003 | |
| Title | Agreement State - Potential Leak on P-32 Source Wire |
| Event Description | The following is taken from an email received from the State of Texas, Department of Health:
This is a Texas agreement state incident being forwarded based on a 5 day report requirement for a leaking source. (Incident 8083) The Licensee reporting the incident is Guidant located in Pearland, TX, L05178. More information is anticipated. This is a preliminary report. Today a returned P-32 [Phosphorus-32] source wire was received at our Pearland facility. This facility is authorized for radioactive material use under license number L05178. The source wires we manufacture are registered with the TX-BRC as TX-1070-S-101-S. These source wires are sent to our user sites [hospitals] and returned to Pearland for decay and disposal. The active portion of the source wire was wiped during the receipt survey. Approximately, 8.0 nCi [nanocuries] of activity was removed at that time. The source wire was stored for investigation at that time. A later wipe showed removable activity of approximately 0.5 nCi [nanocuries]. We will continue to investigate the source wire to determine if the wire is leaking or if the contamination was from another source. |
| Where | |
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| Guidant Corporation Perland, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | L05178 |
| Organization: | Texas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+13.05 h0.544 days <br />0.0777 weeks <br />0.0179 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Helen Watkins (Email) 19:03 Dec 17, 2003 |
| NRC Officer: | Gerry Waig |
| Last Updated: | Dec 17, 2003 |
| 40399 - NRC Website | |
Guidant Corporation with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Leaking P-32 Source Wire ENS 403992003-12-17T06:00:00017 December 2003 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Potential Leak on P-32 Source Wire 2003-12-22T06:00:00 | |