ENS 54444

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Dec 13, 2019
Title	Agreement State Report - I-125 Seed Mistakenly Incinerated
Event Description	The following was received from the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control (the Bureau) via email: I-125 therapy seed (243 microCi) was mistakenly incinerated with medical waste. Pathologist mistook metal clip for seed and included it in the material to be incinerated. This information is from a preliminary phone report [to the Bureau]; a full written report with radioactive source info will be submitted via email. Incident Number: FL19-148 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

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Where
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Boca Raton, Florida (NRC Region 1)
License number:	550-1
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.83 h0.41 days <br />0.0585 weeks <br />0.0135 months <br />)
Opened:	Matthew Senison 14:50 Dec 13, 2019
NRC Officer:	Thomas Kendzia
Last Updated:	Dec 13, 2019
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