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| event date = 08/17/2008 10:00 CDT
| event date = 08/17/2008 10:00 CDT
| last update date = 08/20/2008
| last update date = 08/20/2008
| title = Texas Agreement State Report - Surface Contamination At Lufthansa Cargo Facility
| title = Texas Agreement State Report - Surface Contamination at Lufthansa Cargo Facility
| event text = The following information was provided by the State of Texas via email:
| event text = The following information was provided by the State of Texas via email:
  On 8/18/08  at 0655 CDT, [State of Texas] received a call from the answering service at approximately 10 PM on 8/17/08  requesting that [the State] call Lufthansa Cargo at DFW Airport.  [State] contacted [Deleted] and he [reported] that customs had been at their facility and had found a spot on their concrete floor reading 132 microrem.  The area [approximately 16'  x 20' ] had been used to store a container from Protechnics out of Houston, Texas.  The package had originated from Spectro Services in Albuquerque, NM.  The package had been sent on to Germany on 8/14/08.  The radionuclide was identified as Iridium (Ir) - 192 by the Dallas Fort Worth Fire Department.  The area is currently roped off and posted no entry.  A decontamination service [was scheduled] to decontaminate the area Monday 8/18/08 in the afternoon.  [Deleted] agreed to contact us when the area was decontaminated.  Copies of the surveys conducted were also requested. An Agency inspector performed a survey of the area and identified the contamination as Ir - 192. On 8/19/08  at 1410 CDT,  NNSI was been contracted to decontaminate the area.  The contractor states that the area should be released by this evening.  
  On 8/18/08  at 0655 CDT, [State of Texas] received a call from the answering service at approximately 10 PM on 8/17/08  requesting that [the State] call Lufthansa Cargo at DFW Airport.  [State] contacted [Deleted] and he [reported] that customs had been at their facility and had found a spot on their concrete floor reading 132 microrem.  The area [approximately 16'  x 20' ] had been used to store a container from Protechnics out of Houston, Texas.  The package had originated from Spectro Services in Albuquerque, NM.  The package had been sent on to Germany on 8/14/08.  The radionuclide was identified as Iridium (Ir) - 192 by the Dallas Fort Worth Fire Department.  The area is currently roped off and posted no entry.  A decontamination service [was scheduled] to decontaminate the area Monday 8/18/08 in the afternoon.  [Deleted] agreed to contact us when the area was decontaminated.  Copies of the surveys conducted were also requested. An Agency inspector performed a survey of the area and identified the contamination as Ir - 192. On 8/19/08  at 1410 CDT,  NNSI was been contracted to decontaminate the area.  The contractor states that the area should be released by this evening.  

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ENS 44427 +/-
Where
Not Applicable
Dallas, Texas (NRC Region 4)
Organization: Texas Department Of Health
Reporting
Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+65.95 h2.748 days <br />0.393 weeks <br />0.0903 months <br />)
Opened: Art Tucker
08:57 Aug 20, 2008
NRC Officer: Jeff Rotton
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2008
44427 - NRC Website