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MONTHYEARPNO-I-98-005A, on 980220,lost of 1 Mci P-32 Package Update Made.Licensee Performed Radiological Surveys of All Water Coolers & Coffee Pots in Bldg at Which Package Delivered,As Precautionary Measure.Area Contamination Surveys Performed1998-02-20020 February 1998 PNO-I-98-005A:on 980220,lost of 1 Mci P-32 Package Update Made.Licensee Performed Radiological Surveys of All Water Coolers & Coffee Pots in Bldg at Which Package Delivered,As Precautionary Measure.Area Contamination Surveys Performed PNO-I-98-005, on 980212,NIH RSO Notified NRC Region I That One Mci P-32 Package Missing.Matter Referred to Nih Police Who Investigating Missing P-32 as Possible Theft.Nrc Region I Evaluating Ongoing Efforts of Licensee1998-02-13013 February 1998 PNO-I-98-005:on 980212,NIH RSO Notified NRC Region I That One Mci P-32 Package Missing.Matter Referred to Nih Police Who Investigating Missing P-32 as Possible Theft.Nrc Region I Evaluating Ongoing Efforts of Licensee PNO-I-97-007A, on 970122,update of Status of Lost Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125 Occurred.Vial Verified to Be Missing Vial by Licensee.State of MD Notified by Region I1997-01-24024 January 1997 PNO-I-97-007A:on 970122,update of Status of Lost Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125 Occurred.Vial Verified to Be Missing Vial by Licensee.State of MD Notified by Region I PNO-I-97-007, on 970122,RSO Notified NRC Operations Ctr, Unable to Locate Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125.RSO Reported Shield Transported by Rsb Staff within Us DOT 7A Type a Cardboard Box,Required Labels & Markings1997-01-23023 January 1997 PNO-I-97-007:on 970122,RSO Notified NRC Operations Ctr, Unable to Locate Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125.RSO Reported Shield Transported by Rsb Staff within Us DOT 7A Type a Cardboard Box,Required Labels & Markings PNO-I-96-095, on 961221,fire Occurred in One of Nih Labs.Lab Contained Small Quantities of Radioactive Matls Used in Research Tracer Studies.Lab Also Contained Dry & Liquid Radioactive Waste Containers1996-12-23023 December 1996 PNO-I-96-095:on 961221,fire Occurred in One of Nih Labs.Lab Contained Small Quantities of Radioactive Matls Used in Research Tracer Studies.Lab Also Contained Dry & Liquid Radioactive Waste Containers PNO-I-88-005, on 880804,licensee Notified NRC of Apparent Loss of Calibr Ref Source.Source Is Small Metal Capsule Containing 0.88 Mci Cs-137.Licensee Plans to Release Advisory to All Nih Employees on Bethesda Campus1988-08-0404 August 1988 PNO-I-88-005:on 880804,licensee Notified NRC of Apparent Loss of Calibr Ref Source.Source Is Small Metal Capsule Containing 0.88 Mci Cs-137.Licensee Plans to Release Advisory to All Nih Employees on Bethesda Campus 1998-02-20
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MONTHYEARPNO-I-98-005A, on 980220,lost of 1 Mci P-32 Package Update Made.Licensee Performed Radiological Surveys of All Water Coolers & Coffee Pots in Bldg at Which Package Delivered,As Precautionary Measure.Area Contamination Surveys Performed1998-02-20020 February 1998 PNO-I-98-005A:on 980220,lost of 1 Mci P-32 Package Update Made.Licensee Performed Radiological Surveys of All Water Coolers & Coffee Pots in Bldg at Which Package Delivered,As Precautionary Measure.Area Contamination Surveys Performed PNO-I-98-005, on 980212,NIH RSO Notified NRC Region I That One Mci P-32 Package Missing.Matter Referred to Nih Police Who Investigating Missing P-32 as Possible Theft.Nrc Region I Evaluating Ongoing Efforts of Licensee1998-02-13013 February 1998 PNO-I-98-005:on 980212,NIH RSO Notified NRC Region I That One Mci P-32 Package Missing.Matter Referred to Nih Police Who Investigating Missing P-32 as Possible Theft.Nrc Region I Evaluating Ongoing Efforts of Licensee PNO-I-97-007A, on 970122,update of Status of Lost Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125 Occurred.Vial Verified to Be Missing Vial by Licensee.State of MD Notified by Region I1997-01-24024 January 1997 PNO-I-97-007A:on 970122,update of Status of Lost Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125 Occurred.Vial Verified to Be Missing Vial by Licensee.State of MD Notified by Region I PNO-I-97-007, on 970122,RSO Notified NRC Operations Ctr, Unable to Locate Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125.RSO Reported Shield Transported by Rsb Staff within Us DOT 7A Type a Cardboard Box,Required Labels & Markings1997-01-23023 January 1997 PNO-I-97-007:on 970122,RSO Notified NRC Operations Ctr, Unable to Locate Package Containing 1 Mci of I-125.RSO Reported Shield Transported by Rsb Staff within Us DOT 7A Type a Cardboard Box,Required Labels & Markings PNO-I-96-095, on 961221,fire Occurred in One of Nih Labs.Lab Contained Small Quantities of Radioactive Matls Used in Research Tracer Studies.Lab Also Contained Dry & Liquid Radioactive Waste Containers1996-12-23023 December 1996 PNO-I-96-095:on 961221,fire Occurred in One of Nih Labs.Lab Contained Small Quantities of Radioactive Matls Used in Research Tracer Studies.Lab Also Contained Dry & Liquid Radioactive Waste Containers ML20133K6201995-11-22022 November 1995 AIT Insp Rept 30-01786/95-02 on 950630-1115.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inpsected:Licensee Response to Internal Contamination Incident Identified by Licensee on Evening of 950629 PNO-I-88-005, on 880804,licensee Notified NRC of Apparent Loss of Calibr Ref Source.Source Is Small Metal Capsule Containing 0.88 Mci Cs-137.Licensee Plans to Release Advisory to All Nih Employees on Bethesda Campus1988-08-0404 August 1988 PNO-I-88-005:on 880804,licensee Notified NRC of Apparent Loss of Calibr Ref Source.Source Is Small Metal Capsule Containing 0.88 Mci Cs-137.Licensee Plans to Release Advisory to All Nih Employees on Bethesda Campus 1998-02-20
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e' February 13. 1998 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PN0-I-98-005 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or_ public interest significan> e. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region I staff in King of Prussia Pennsylvania on this date.
Facility Licensee Emeraency Classification Department Of Health And Human Services Notification of Unusual Event National Institues Of Health Alert '
Bethesda.Haryland 20892 Site Area Emergency
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- 03001786 License No: 19-00296-10 General Emergency X Not Applicable l
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LOST ONE MILLICURIE P-32 PACKAGE l
On February 12, 1998, at 4: 15 p.m. the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Radiation Safety Officer (RS0) notified NRC Region I that a one millicurie (mC1) phosphorus-32 (P-32) package was missing. The RSO stated that the P-32 package apparently had been delivered to a research laboratory on February _5.1998, and received by a laboratory worker. On February 9,1998, the research investigator called the Radiation Safety Office and requested the one mC1 P-32 package. Recognizing that this request was for the same licensed material that had already been deliverea the previous Thursday an immediate extensive search and investigation was initiated that included checking laboratories and office areas for contamination as well as the dumpsters. This matter-has also been referred to NIH Police who are investigating the missing P-32 as a possible theft. The RSO said that the investigation is continuing and expanding. Notice of the missing material has been circulated in a desk memo to all authorized users on campus.
NRC Region I is evaluating the ongoing efforts of the licensee to account for the one mci P-32 package.
The State of Maryland and the District of Columbia were notified.
This information is current as of 12:00 noon. February 13. 1998. Region 1 Fublic Affairs Office is prerared to respond to media inquiries.
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