ENS Event | |
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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 |
| Where | |
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| 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 |
| 45772 - NRC Website | |
Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 457722010-03-11T10:15:00011 March 2010 10:15:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Contaminated Package 2010-03-11T10:15:00 | |