Browse wiki
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
On May 15, 2015, at about 2130 hours (EDT) … On May 15, 2015, at about 2130 hours (EDT), Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) received an emergency notification from Stericycle located at 5800 Chemical Road, Curtis Bay (Baltimore), Maryland 21226. Apparently the biohazardous waste service received I-131 therapy waste from MedStar Washington Hospital (NRC licensee in Washington, D.C.). The waste was an immediate concern; temporarily closing the facility, with some I-131 contamination of facilities. Surveys indicated hot spot contact readings as high as 30 mR/hr with areas of general contamination. A private radiation consultant, Radiation Service Organization (RSO), was called and responded to the scene on 5/16/15. The area is being remediated and has now been reopened. Maryland is investigating the incident.</br>Stericycle is not licensed to receive radioactive waste.not licensed to receive radioactive waste. +
01:30:00, 16 May 2015 +
51,076 +
08:52:00, 18 May 2015 +
01:30:00, 16 May 2015 +
On May 15, 2015, at about 2130 hours (EDT) … On May 15, 2015, at about 2130 hours (EDT), Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) received an emergency notification from Stericycle located at 5800 Chemical Road, Curtis Bay (Baltimore), Maryland 21226. Apparently the biohazardous waste service received I-131 therapy waste from MedStar Washington Hospital (NRC licensee in Washington, D.C.). The waste was an immediate concern; temporarily closing the facility, with some I-131 contamination of facilities. Surveys indicated hot spot contact readings as high as 30 mR/hr with areas of general contamination. A private radiation consultant, Radiation Service Organization (RSO), was called and responded to the scene on 5/16/15. The area is being remediated and has now been reopened. Maryland is investigating the incident.</br>Stericycle is not licensed to receive radioactive waste.not licensed to receive radioactive waste. +
Has query"Has query" is a predefined property that represents meta information (in form of a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Subobject">subobject</a>) about individual queries and is provided by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
00:00:00, 18 May 2015 +
NONE +
Modification date"Modification date" is a predefined property that corresponds to the date of the last modification of a subject and is provided by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a>.
23:05:35, 24 November 2018 +
08:52:00, 18 May 2015 +
2.307 d (55.37 hours, 0.33 weeks, 0.0758 months) +
01:30:00, 16 May 2015 +
Maryland + and Washington +
URL"URL" is a <a href="/Special:Types/URL" title="Special:Types/URL">type</a> and predefined property provided by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Special_properties">Semantic MediaWiki</a> to represent URI/URL values.