ENS 48888

v t e ENS Event
07:00 Mar 18, 2013
Title	Agreement State Report - Shipment Exceeded Surface Contamination Limits
Event Description	The following information was received from the Washington State Division of Radiation Protection by email: PermaFix Northwest received a shipment from Perkin Elmer, Inc. that consisted of 32 packages, 4 plastic drums and 28 metal drums, and was shipped as an exclusive use shipment. Upon receipt, the drums were surveyed and 2 plastic drums were found to exceed the 49 CFR 173.443 non-removable contamination limit of 2,200 dpm/cm2 for an exclusive use shipment. The drum survey results were reported as 44,391 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 18,080 dpm/100 cm2 C-14; 20,127 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 18,508 dpm/100 cm2 C-14, and 13,323 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 10,019 dpm/100 cm2 C-14. This most contaminated drum was manifested with only H-3 and C-14, the other 2 drums were manifested with only C-14. Washington Incident Number: WA-13-021

ENS 48888 +/-
Where
Pekins Elmer Richland, Washington (NRC Region 4)
Organization:	Wa Division Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+417.13 h17.38 days <br />2.483 weeks <br />0.571 months <br />)
Opened:	Kristen Schwab 16:08 Apr 4, 2013
NRC Officer:	Vince Klco
Last Updated:	Apr 4, 2013
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