ENS 40937

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v t e ENS Event
07:00 Aug 5, 2004
Title	Agreement State Report - Iodine-125 Container Mistakenly Disposed of as Trash
Event Description	The following information was received via email: Approximately 2.5 milliCuries of I-125 was apparently mistakenly disposed to normal trash on 08/05/04. The lost I-125 was received in a single container along with a second container of approximately 2.5 milliCuries of I-125. Normally only one container is received at a time. However, this time two containers were shipped in a single package. The shipping department extracted one of the two containers from the incoming shipping package, and then dumped the remainder of the packing materials to normal trash, apparently including the second container of I-125. The loss was discovered 08/09/04 when the radiochemists went to utilize the I-125, and one-half of the shipment was missing. The licensee verified with the shipper that two individual containers were sent in the same package, which also agreed with the activity listed on the shipping papers. The licensee's trash was picked up early morning 08/09/04, and when contacted by the licensee, the trash hauler reported that the trash had already been dumped in a local landfill. Radiation levels at one foot from the shielded container were approximately 0.11 millirem/hour based on measurements made of the package that was still onsite. The shielded container holding the lost I-125 was sealed shut, and is not expected to open with normal trash hauling. California Event # 080904

ENS 40937 +/-
Where
Nichols Institute Diagnostics San Juan Capistrano, California (NRC Region 4)
License number:	2247-30
Organization:	California Radiation Control Prgm
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+127.85 h5.327 days <br />0.761 weeks <br />0.175 months <br />)
Opened:	Rob Greger 14:51 Aug 10, 2004
NRC Officer:	Mike Ripley
Last Updated:	Aug 10, 2004
40937 - NRC Website
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