ENS 49057

v t e ENS Event
07:00 May 13, 2013
Title	Shipping Drum Exceeded Non-Removable Contamination Limits
Event Description	The following information was obtained from the State of Washington via email: Surface contamination levels exceeded limits for package. PermaFix Northwest received a shipment from Moravek Biochemicals [based in Brea, CA] that consisted of (14) 55 gallon drums, and was shipped as an exclusive use shipment. Upon receipt, the drums were surveyed and 1 drum was 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 35,538 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 1391 dpm/100 cm2 C-14. Taking into account the 10% wipe efficiency, the contamination levels on this drum exceeded the DOT contamination limits for packages. This drum was manifested with only H-3 and C-14. Washington Incident Number: WA-13-028

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Where
Moravek Biochemicals, Inc. Richland, Washington (NRC Region 4)
Organization:	Wa Division Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+220.22 h9.176 days <br />1.311 weeks <br />0.302 months <br />)
Opened:	Mike Elsen 11:13 May 22, 2013
NRC Officer:	Howie Crouch
Last Updated:	May 22, 2013
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