ENS Event | |
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16:49 May 1, 2010 | |
| Title | Misplaced Radioactive Material |
| Event Description | On 5/1/10, at 1249 EDT, a 2 Ci Mo-99 generator was delivered to the Walter Reed Army Medical Facility. An unauthorized person signed for the package and stored it in an improper location. On the evening of 5/1/10, the health physicist did not know the location of the package, because it was supposed to be delivered earlier in the day. The package was located at 0815 EDT on 5/3/10 at the facility. The licensee has now stored the package in proper location and is in process of conducting a dosage calculations for any individuals who may have been in the vicinity of the package where it was improperly stored.
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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, District Of Columbia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 08-01738-02 |
| Organization: | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+42.63 h1.776 days <br />0.254 weeks <br />0.0584 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Andrew Scott 11:27 May 3, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | May 3, 2010 |
| 45894 - NRC Website | |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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