ENS 45948

v t e ENS Event
12:45 May 24, 2010
Title	Package Surface Contamination in Excess of Reporting Limits
Event Description	[A representative] with the Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA National Health Physics Program provided the following report. This report involves NRC master materials license no. 03-23853-01VA. [The VHA representative] called, as required by 10 CFR 20.1906(d), to report receipt of a package of radioactive material with removable surface contamination on the outside of the package greater than reporting limits. The package was received today (May 24, 2010) at around 7:45 AM CT by the Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Temple, Texas. A wipe test performed on the external surface of the package indicated a removable contamination level of 562 dpm/cm2 as compared to the regulatory limit of 220 dpm/cm2. Surveys inside the package did not indicate elevated contamination. The package contained Tc-99m (Technetium) labeled radiopharmaceuticals and was shipped from Specialty Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., in Temple, Texas. The vendor/shipper also serves as the delivery carrier. The VA facility staff immediately notified Specialty Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. about the contaminated package at about 9:30 AM CT. [The VHA representative] will notify the NRC Project Manager at NRC Region III of this event. The permittee holds VHA Permit Number 42-10739-03.

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Where
Department Of Veterans Affairs Little Rock, Arkansas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	03-23853-01Va
Organization:	Department Of Veterans Affairs
Reporting

10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.83 h-0.0763 days <br />-0.0109 weeks <br />-0.00251 months <br />)
Opened:	Thomas Huston 10:55 May 24, 2010
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	May 24, 2010
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Department Of Veterans Affairs with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2)
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