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. |
| 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 |
| 46301 - NRC Website | |
Department Of Veterans Affairs with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 488582013-03-27T17:48:00027 March 2013 17:48:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Surface Contamination on Outside of Package Exceeding Nrc Reporting Limits ENS 463012010-10-01T13:11:0001 October 2010 13:11:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Non-Fixed Rad Surface Contamination Greater than Limits ENS 448422009-02-09T21:00:0009 February 2009 21:00:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Removable Surface Contamination Above Limits ENS 442082008-05-13T17:15:00013 May 2008 17:15:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) "(The Department of Veterans Affairs Called) to Report Receipt of One Package of Radioactive Material with Removable Surface Contamination on the Outside of the Package Greater than the Limits in 10 Cfr 71.87(I). ENS 440762008-03-18T17:00:00018 March 2008 17:00:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Receipt of Package with Surface Contamination ENS 425072006-04-18T17:45:00018 April 2006 17:45:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Receipt of Package with Surface Contamination ENS 418552005-07-19T05:00:00019 July 2005 05:00:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Radioactive Package with Removable Surface Contamination Exceeding a Limit ENS 414392005-02-24T18:35:00024 February 2005 18:35:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Removable Radioactive Surface Contamination on a Package ENS 410442004-09-16T16:30:00016 September 2004 16:30:00 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) Surface Contamination on Radioactive Material Package Exceeding Limits 2013-03-27T17:48:00 | |