ENS Event | |
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15:30 May 6, 2023 | |
| Title | Liquid Radioactive Contamination |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control [the Division], via email:
The Division was notified of the incident at 7:38 AM on May 8, 2023, by email from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality's duty officer who was on call on Saturday May 6, 2023. Information received from the on-call duty officer: The Radiation Safety Officer reported a radioactive material (rubidium-82) release of an unknown amount due to a leaking generator. She said that Cardiac Molecular Imaging found liquid in the bottom of a well chamber of the infusion system. Proper decontamination procedures were followed, the liquid was placed in radioactive waste storage, a wipe test was done, and everything was cleaned up. She said this has happened before. There was no impact to patient treatment. The generator will be shipped back to the manufacturer for investigation. The incident has been contained and there is no immediate threat. This appears to be the exact same issue that we notified the NRC for the UT23-0002 and UT23-0003 incidents. The Division will investigate this matter and update the record upon completion of the investigation. Utah Event Report ID No.: UT23-0005 |
| Where | |
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| Ihc Health Services, Dba Intermount Murray, Utah (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | UT1800494 |
| Organization: | Utah Division Of Radiation Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+43 h1.792 days <br />0.256 weeks <br />0.0589 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Phillip Goble 10:30 May 8, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Thomas Herrity |
| Last Updated: | May 8, 2023 |
| 56510 - NRC Website | |
Ihc Health Services, Dba Intermount with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 565102023-05-06T15:30:0006 May 2023 15:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Liquid Radioactive Contamination 2023-05-06T15:30:00 | |