ENS 45772

v t e ENS Event
10:15 Mar 11, 2010
Title	Agreement State Report - Contaminated Package
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of New Jersey via facsimile: The licensee reported that a package containing 810 mCi of bulk F-18 was shipped in a Yellow II, Type 7A container (this was an ammo can) from Cardinal Health's East Rutherford, NJ facility at 0500 EST on March 11th (last Thursday) to their Plainview, NY facility. Licensee stated that when the shipment was received at 0615 EST, the package surface reading was 100 mR/hr, exceeding the limit of 50 mR/hr for a Yellow II labeled package. Licensee indicated that removable contamination of 300,000 cpm (estimated 1,500,000 dpm with 20% instrument efficiency) was identified on the outer handle of the package. The driver (who is employed by the Plainview, NY facility) was found to have a contaminated left hand and some contamination in the vehicle. The licensee estimated the employee's highest exposure to be 4 rem to the left hand. New York State Department of Health was notified by the licensee. New Jersey will be conducting an investigation of this incident to validate the contamination and exposure levels. NJDEP Incident ID #343512

ENS 45772 +/-
Where
Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services East Rutherford, New Jersey (NRC Region 1)
License number:	440735
Organization:	Nj Dept Of Environmental Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+147.45 h6.144 days <br />0.878 weeks <br />0.202 months <br />)
Opened:	Patricia Gardner 12:42 Mar 17, 2010
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	Mar 17, 2010
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