PNO-IV-89-058, on 890804,shipment Received from Best Industries at Humana Clear Lake Hosp W/Contaminated Shipping Label.Contamination Due to Ir-192 Seed in Teflon Sleeve. State of Tx Investigating Issue.Seed Still at Hosp
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| Issue date: | 09/14/1989 |
| From: | Doda R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| PNO-IV-89-058, PNO-IV-89-58, NUDOCS 8909190152 | |
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' September 14, 1989 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PN0-IV-89-58 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received
-without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region IV staff on this date.
FACILITY: Humana Clear Lake Hospital Licensee Emergency Classification:
Webster, Texas Notification of Unusual Event (Texas Agreement State Licensee) Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable
SUBJECT:
SHIPNENT RECEIVED WITH CONTAMINATED SHIPPING TAPE The Texas Bureau of Radiation Control received a written report from their licensee and notified Region IV on September 13, 1989, of a shipment received with contaminated shipping tape. The licensee, through package opening procedures, identified one small point of contamination, which proved to be an iridium-192 seed in a teflon sleeve. The seed was stuck to the adhesive side of the shipping tape.
The shipment was received from Best Industries, Springfield, Virginia, on August 4, 1989. The hospital had notified the shipper immediately. The RSO at the hospital estimated the seed at approximately i mci iridium-192. Texas inspectors are investigating the incident and will examine the seed, which is still in possession of the hospital's RSO.
NRC offices, NMSS, Region II, and SLITP, have been notified.
There is no apparent media interest and no press releases are planned.
This information is current as of 7 a.m., September 14, 1989.
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