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| Entered date | Event description | |
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| ENS 56921 | 10 January 2024 13:13:00 | The following is a summary of information provided by the Washington State Department of Health via email: A shipment from Environmental Management and Controls, Inc. (EMC) to a commercial low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal site near Richland, Washington, was identified as violating Department of Transportation regulations, Washington administrative code, and the LLRW disposal site license. Specific violations were (1) improper transportation vehicle utilized for a shipment with surface radiation greater than 200 mrem/hr, (2) two containers arrived with higher than manifested surface radiation levels, and (3) one container arrived with lower than manifested radiation levels. The Washington Department of Health issued a notice of violation to the licensee which detailed required remediation including root cause analysis, corrective action plan, and a quality assurance plan in a written response. The licensee use of the LLRW disposal site was also suspended pending a passing inspection by the state of Washington. This incident was not a contamination event and is under investigation. Washington Incident Number: WMS-DOT-23-07 |
| ENS 56675 | 10 August 2023 22:17:00 | The following information was provided by the Washington State Department of Health via email: A low specific activity (LSA)-2 excepted package arrived at (the licensee's) facility with a wet corner and a minor liquid drip. The package contained resin for Cr-51 with total activity of between 5 to 7 mCi of U-233, U-234, and U-236 isotopes. No contamination (was detected). The incident is currently being investigated. The shipper was suspended. The shipper will be required to submit a root cause analysis and corrective actions. Washington incident number: WMS-DOT-23-05 |
| ENS 48888 | 4 April 2013 16:08:00 | The following information was received from the Washington State Division of Radiation Protection by email: PermaFix Northwest received a shipment from Perkin Elmer, Inc. that consisted of 32 packages, 4 plastic drums and 28 metal drums, and was shipped as an exclusive use shipment. Upon receipt, the drums were surveyed and 2 plastic drums were found to exceed the 49 CFR 173.443 non-removable contamination limit of 2,200 dpm/cm2 for an exclusive use shipment. The drum survey results were reported as 44,391 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 18,080 dpm/100 cm2 C-14; 20,127 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 18,508 dpm/100 cm2 C-14, and 13,323 dpm/100 cm2 H-3 and 10,019 dpm/100 cm2 C-14. This most contaminated drum was manifested with only H-3 and C-14, the other 2 drums were manifested with only C-14. Washington Incident Number: WA-13-021 |