ENS Event | |
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05:00 Feb 8, 2018 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Personnel Overexposure |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the Maryland Department of the Environment Radiological Health Program via email:
On February 8, 2018, the Maryland Department of the Environment - Radiological Health Program was contacted by Johns Hopkins Medical Institution (MD-07-005-03) of an incident in which one researcher had received a total effective dose equivalent exceeding 5 Rem and likely an extremity dose exceeding 50 Rem. The licensee received results of a researcher's 4th quarter 2017 radiation badge readings. The researcher was conducting tracer studies using PET isotopes C-11 and F-18 in animals. The researcher has been monitored since February 2012 and has frequently used F-18 in similar studies with no problems. Use of PET isotopes in the lab has been halted pending an investigation by the licensee. The Maryland Radiological Health Program will schedule a reactive investigation. The result of the whole-body radiation badge readings (monitoring period Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2017) was: Deep Dose: 12,818 milliRem Lens of the Eye: 28,280 milliRem Shallow Dose: 46,206 milliRem Beta Dose: 33,388 milliRem The researcher's assigned extremity ring badge was not worn during the 4th quarter of 2017. The licensee will submit a written report as required within 30 days. |
| Where | |
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| Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Baltimore, Maryland (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | Md-07-005-03 |
| Organization: | Maryland Dept Of The Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+131 h5.458 days <br />0.78 weeks <br />0.179 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Alan Goldey 16:00 Feb 13, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Feb 13, 2018 |
| 53208 - NRC Website | |
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Personnel Overexposure 2018-02-08T05:00:00 | |