ENS Event | |
|---|---|
16:30 Sep 16, 2004 | |
| Title | Surface Contamination on Radioactive Material Package Exceeding Limits |
| Event Description | The Department of Veterans Affairs, National Health Physics Program reported a package that exceeded the limits for removable radioactive surface contamination. The package was received on September 16, 2004, by a permittee authorized under the master materials license issued to the Department of Veterans Affairs, NRC License 03-23853-01VA. The permittee is the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This event is reported under 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) in that the package, an ammo box being used to deliver radioactive materials, had approximately 11,000 disintegrations per minute per square centimeter removable radioactive contamination on the outside. The contamination was limited to one small spot on the ammo box exterior. The interior of the box was not contaminated. The contamination was identified as 99M-Tc. The Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services delivered the package. The permittee Radiation Safety Officer notified the vendor about the package. There was no personnel contamination involved. |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Department Of Veterans Affairs Milwaukee, Wisconsin (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 03-23853-01Va |
| Organization: | Department Of Veterans Affairs |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.55 h-0.106 days <br />-0.0152 weeks <br />-0.00349 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gary Williams 13:57 Sep 16, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Sep 16, 2004 |
| 41044 - NRC Website | |
Department Of Veterans Affairs with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 488582013-03-27T17:48:00027 March 2013 17:48:00
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