ENS 53029
ENS Event | |
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02:30 Sep 22, 2017 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Cs-137 Vial Standard |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the state of New York via fax:
On 10/5/17 the Department [New York State Department of Health] was notified of a lost Cs-137 vial standard (Solid Sealed Source, Eckert and Ziegler, S/N: 1258-41-15, Activity 194.4 microCi on 12/01/2007) from the hot lab of a mobile PET imaging service provider coach. A report from the licensee [Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.] gave the following timeline. On 9/21/17 the driver of the mobile imaging coach slammed on the brakes going over the GW [George Washington] bridge to avoid an accident on the way to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. Upon arrival, the driver went to assess damage in the hot lab and notified an Alliance manager of the incident. The cabinet that held up the L block had fallen away from the wall and broke a portable sink. Some other items had been dislodged. He and another driver put the cabinet back into place and put items back in their respective places. They discarded pieces of the broken sink in a trash can on the side of the parking lot of the client facility. The next morning an Alliance Tech did a visual inventory and confirmed that all sources were present. On 10/3/17 another Alliance Tech went into the hot lab on the coach and discovered that the lead pig for the Cs-137 vial standard was empty. The Alliance staff searched for the vial but could not locate it on the coach. It was reported to the RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] on 10/5/17. On 10/06/17 a physicist did a survey to determine whether the vial was on the coach and had rolled under a piece of equipment. They determined that the vial was not on the coach and did not find any contamination. Alliance believes that the source was thrown out in the general waste stream outside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, along with pieces of the broken sink from the hot lab. The NYSDOH notified both the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection of possible waste alarm trips. Event Report ID No. NYDOH-17-09 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc. Bronx, New York (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 3263 |
| Organization: | New York State Dept. Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+686.37 h28.599 days <br />4.086 weeks <br />0.94 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Daniel Samson 16:52 Oct 20, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Andrew Waugh |
| Last Updated: | Oct 20, 2017 |
| 53029 - NRC Website | |
Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 530292017-09-22T02:30:00022 September 2017 02:30:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Cs-137 Vial Standard 2017-09-22T02:30:00 | |