ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jun 17, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Exothermic Reaction in Supercompactor Room Involving Licensed Material |
| Event Description | The following historical information was received from the State of Tennessee via email:
During a routine inspection, it was discovered through review of Toxco Radiological Occurrence Reports that Toxco had an event on June 17, 2013. In the Building A Supercompactor Room, a 55-gallon drum exploded due to an exothermic reaction. The cause was suspected to be the inadvertent packing of nitro-cellulous filters being placed in a waste drum of 3.7 mCi of I-125 contaminated personal protective equipment from Boston Heart Laboratory. The compactor was secured and no indication of radioactive material was discovered in the vicinity beyond the compaction cell. All personnel passed through a personnel contamination monitor without incident. The licensee performed a root-cause analysis determining that Boston Heart Laboratory had packed the nitro-cellulous filters into the waste containers. The licensee isolated two additional 55-gallon drums for return to Boston Heart Laboratory. State Event ID No.: TN-13-195 |
| Where | |
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| Toxco Material Management Center (Tmmc) Oak Ridge, Tennessee (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | R-01037-E16 |
| Organization: | Tennessee Div Of Rad Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+23266.72 h969.447 days <br />138.492 weeks <br />31.871 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Andrew Holcomb 15:43 Feb 11, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Feb 11, 2016 |
| 51727 - NRC Website | |
Toxco Material Management Center (Tmmc) with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 517272013-06-17T04:00:00017 June 2013 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Exothermic Reaction in Supercompactor Room Involving Licensed Material 2013-06-17T04:00:00 | |