ML20249B139
| ML20249B139 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/20/1976 |
| From: | Dreher F, Roy G, Thornburg H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| References | |
| PNO-76-029, PNO-76-29, NUDOCS 9806220100 | |
| Download: ML20249B139 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFL -. TION pF, EVENI OR UNUSUAL OCCURhs.NCE --PNO-76-29 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notica of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by OIE staff as of 3:00 P. M. on date of this notification.
IT SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT THIS NOTIFICATION MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT LATER MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE INACCURATE OR INCONSISTENT. AN OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT OR OttURRENCE (BLUE SHEET) SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED.
Facility:
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio License No. 34-3749-05
Subject:
PACKAGE CONTAINING ONE MILLICURIE COBALT 57 SOURCE DAMAGED IN TRANSIT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ON FEBRUARY 11, 1976 Upon receipt of a request from IE:HQ on February 20, 1976, for information concerning a report of a package containing cobalt-60 falling from a truck in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, IE:III contacted the radiological safety representative of NASA (Lewis Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio who had responded to the incident and obtained the j
following information.
NASA personnel in response to a request from local police on February 11, 1976 picked up a package containing one millicurie of cobalt-57, not cobalt-60, on the highway in the Cleveland area.
It should be noted that cobalt-57 is produced in an accelerator and therefore, does not come under the regulatory purview of the NRC. The package was shipped by Atomic Products Ccrp. of Center Moriches, New York to Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The radioactive material was in-corporated into a flood source used for calibration of medical scanning equipment.
NASA representatives determined that no contamination was detectable on the package or inner container and that the package was marked with appropriate DOT labels. NASA representatives determined the carrier to be Pacific Intermountain Express and contacted them. The a
carrier picked up the package from NASA on February 12, 1976, and delivered it to Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, the consignee, the same day according to a carrier's representative. The deliverycof l
the package to Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital was confirmed by
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IE:III. A leak tc::t performed by hospital personnel confirmed the source to be intact upon its receipt. According to a NASA representative, this A
incident received press coverage in the Cleveland area at the time of h'
its occurrence.
IE:III plans no news release or further action in this 2
matter.
IE:III was notified of this occurrence by IE:HQ at approximately j
0910 hours0.0105 days <br />0.253 hours <br />0.0015 weeks <br />3.46255e-4 months <br /> on February 20, 1976.
Contact:
FADreher, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27353 HDThornburg, IE x27541 Distribution:
l Chairman Anders Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY g
Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA L. V. Gossick,
'~')]'J.G. Davis,OIE J. E. Harris, PA B. C. Rusche, NRR J. La Fleur, ISP T.,J. McTiernan, AIA K. R. Chapman,.NMSS H. K. Shapar, ELD L7 l
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