ENS 42409

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Mar 9, 2006
Title	Agreement State Report - Missing P-32
Event Description	On March 9, 2006, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute reported that P-32 was missing from a vial being stored in one of the research facility's freezers. Approximately 10 millicuries is missing. The vial was received on March 2, 2006. Some P-32 (10%) was removed to conduct a research experiment and the vial was replaced in the freezer. When the researcher checked the vial the following day, the vial was empty. The Maryland Department of the Environment and the licensee are conducting investigations. The licensee has performed surveys of the floor that the storage freezer is on, checked for contamination on personnel who work in this area, and water coolers in the facility. All were negative. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.

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Where
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Baltimore, Maryland (NRC Region 1)
License number:	MD-07-005-03
Organization:	Maryland Dept Of The Environment
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+102.22 h4.259 days <br />0.608 weeks <br />0.14 months <br />)
Opened:	Ray Manley 11:13 Mar 13, 2006
NRC Officer:	Bill Gott
Last Updated:	Mar 13, 2006
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