ENS Event | |
|---|---|
05:00 Aug 17, 2022 | |
| Title | Contamination Spread to Unrestricted Areas |
| Event Description | The following information was received via email from the Arkansas Department of State Health, Radiation Control Program (the Agency):
PETNET Solutions, Arkansas, reported to the Agency on August 18, 2022, that there had been a contamination event of materials with long-lived activation products, specifically Co-56, Mn-52, and Mn-54. This contamination event occurred in the cyclotron room where a target window exploded. Contamination spread to the unrestricted areas outside the Little Rock PETNET facility, i.e. in the hallways of the St. Vincent Hospital. A radiation safety team from the corporate office in Tennessee has been onsite since late Wednesday, August 17, 2022, working to decontaminate the St. Vincent areas. They have been successful in that decontamination effort and have alerted the St. Vincent RSO to make them aware of the situation. The Agency will be performing an onsite investigation on Friday morning, August 19, 2022. Arkansas Event Report ID number: AR-2022-04 |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Petnet Solutions Little Rock, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | ARK-0953-02500 |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+54.22 h2.259 days <br />0.323 weeks <br />0.0743 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Susan Elliott 11:13 Aug 19, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Solomon Sahle |
| Last Updated: | Aug 22, 2022 |
| 56057 - NRC Website | |
Petnet Solutions with Agreement State | |
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