ENS 46301

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v t e ENS Event
13:11 Oct 1, 2010
Title	Non-Fixed Rad Surface Contamination Greater than Limits
Event Description	[This report is being made] to report receipt of a package of radioactive material with removable surface contamination on the outside of the package greater than reporting limits. The package was received today, October 1, 2010, at around 0811 CDT by the Amarillo Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System, Amarillo, Texas. A wipe test performed on the external surface of the package indicated a removable contamination level of 1300 dpm/cm2 as compared to the regulatory limit of 220 dpm/cm2. The package was immediately bagged and secured within the VA nuclear medicine department where it will be stored for decay. Wipes were taken throughout the department with all readings being at background levels. The package contained 80 milliCuries of Tc-99m-labeled radiopharmaceuticals and was shipped from Panhandle Pharmacy, Amarillo, Texas. The vendor/shipper also serves as the delivery carrier. The VA nuclear medicine staff immediately notified the carrier before he left the nuclear medicine department and also contacted staff at Panhandle Pharmacy about the contaminated package at around 0825 CDT. We will notify our NRC Project Manager at NRC Region III of this event. The VA facility RSO indicated that the VA staff offered to survey the carrier, but he declined. The external exposure rate readings on the package were within limits: 0.4 mR/hr on contact. The receiving facility was scanned for contamination. The results came back as reading background.

ENS 46301 +/-
Where
Department Of Veterans Affairs Amarillo, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	03-23853-01VA
Organization:	Department Of Veterans Affairs
Reporting

10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.1 h-0.00417 days <br />-5.952381e-4 weeks <br />-1.3698e-4 months <br />)
Opened:	Thomas Huston 13:05 Oct 1, 2010
NRC Officer:	Eric Simpson
Last Updated:	Oct 1, 2010
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Department Of Veterans Affairs with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1)
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