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THE EVENT BELOW WAS REPORTED TO NRC REGIO … THE EVENT BELOW WAS REPORTED TO NRC REGION 2 BY DAN HILL OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.</br>Initial notification to NRC Region II by State of West Virginia. Source was recovered by the licensee and State of West Virginia on 08/25/03. Activity measured in the licensee's dose calibrator was 10.49 miiicuries at approximately 3 PM on 08/25/03. Outer pig still had radioactive marking and listed 100 millicuries of activity. Pig originally contained 5 vials, 20 millicuries each (nominal). Only one vial remained in the improperly disposed pig. Trash was normal waste, not biomedical. Discovered when a landfill alarm was set off.</br>* * * Update on 09/05/03 at 1130 EDT by Licensee Ashford Broadwater III to MacKinnon * * *</br>Ashford Broadwater III of Camden Clark Memorial Hospital stated that on 08/26/03 at approximately 0845 EDT he was notified by the State of West Virginia Radiation Protection that a dumpster from their Hospital set off a radiation alarm at a local land fill. Mr. Broadwater III met a representative from the State of West Virginia at the landfill around 1130 EDT. The dumpster was dumped and an unused vial of Xenon-133 was found along with the lead pig that it came in. The total activity of the Xenon-133 on 08/20/03 at noon was 20 millicuries. Its half life is 5.3 days. The vial of Xenon-133 was taken back to the Hospital by 1230 EDT. The licensee has revised their procedures to prevent this incident from happening in the future. NRC R2DO (Paul Fredrickson) & NMSS EO (Tom Essig) notified.drickson) & NMSS EO (Tom Essig) notified. +
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THE EVENT BELOW WAS REPORTED TO NRC REGIO … THE EVENT BELOW WAS REPORTED TO NRC REGION 2 BY DAN HILL OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.</br>Initial notification to NRC Region II by State of West Virginia. Source was recovered by the licensee and State of West Virginia on 08/25/03. Activity measured in the licensee's dose calibrator was 10.49 miiicuries at approximately 3 PM on 08/25/03. Outer pig still had radioactive marking and listed 100 millicuries of activity. Pig originally contained 5 vials, 20 millicuries each (nominal). Only one vial remained in the improperly disposed pig. Trash was normal waste, not biomedical. Discovered when a landfill alarm was set off.</br>* * * Update on 09/05/03 at 1130 EDT by Licensee Ashford Broadwater III to MacKinnon * * *</br>Ashford Broadwater III of Camden Clark Memorial Hospital stated that on 08/26/03 at approximately 0845 EDT he was notified by the State of West Virginia Radiation Protection that a dumpster from their Hospital set off a radiation alarm at a local land fill. Mr. Broadwater III met a representative from the State of West Virginia at the landfill around 1130 EDT. The dumpster was dumped and an unused vial of Xenon-133 was found along with the lead pig that it came in. The total activity of the Xenon-133 on 08/20/03 at noon was 20 millicuries. Its half life is 5.3 days. The vial of Xenon-133 was taken back to the Hospital by 1230 EDT. The licensee has revised their procedures to prevent this incident from happening in the future. NRC R2DO (Paul Fredrickson) & NMSS EO (Tom Essig) notified.drickson) & NMSS EO (Tom Essig) notified. +
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