ENS 40527

v t e ENS Event
15:27 Feb 17, 2004
Title	Radioactive Material Discovered at Landfill
Event Description	West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (WVBPH) notified the NRC Operations Center that at 1022 hrs. EST on 2/17/04, they received a call from Northwest Landfill, Waste Management, Inc., located on Drybranch Road in Parkersburg, W.VA., stating that a truck full of household refuse alarmed a radiation monitor at the landfill. WVBPH responded to the landfill and took radiation measurements on the outside of the vehicle. The highest dose measured was 1200 microRem/hr. The truck was dumped and the trash searched until the source of the radiation was discovered. The inspectors discovered a metallic object approximately 1 inch long by 1/2 inch wide that was the source. The object was odd-shaped and its use and origin is unknown. The material was bagged and isolated at the landfill where it will remain to decay away. Radiation readings at 1cm were 5000 microRem/hr. Spectrum analysis indicates that the material is an iodine, possibly Iodine-131. Notified R1DO (Henderson).

ENS 40527 +/-
Where
Unknown Parkersburg, West Virginia (NRC Region 1)
Organization:	State Of West Virginia
Reporting

Information Only
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.08 h0.045 days <br />0.00643 weeks <br />0.00148 months <br />)
Opened:	George S. Cook 16:32 Feb 17, 2004
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Feb 17, 2004
40527 - NRC Website
v • d • e

v t e Emergency Notification System
Unknown with Information Only
WEEKMONTHYEAR2007-03-16T04:00:00 [Table view]
[ENS list for Unknown]

Navigation menu