ENS 51277
ENS Event | |
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14:00 Jul 29, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radioactive Shipment Delivered To Wrong Address |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of Arkansas via email:
The Arkansas Radiation Control Program is making this immediate notification under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) and Arkansas Regulations RH-1501.c.1.A. On July 30, 2015, at 1349 [CDT], NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, in Jonesboro, Arkansas Radioactive Material License Number ARK-0504-02120, reported that an Iridium-192 sealed source, approximately 10 Curies had been delivered to the wrong address. The source was in an unsecured location for approximately 23.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br />. The source had been delivered by [common carrier] at 0900 [CDT] on July 29, 2015, to a clinic of a similar name as the hospital but at the wrong address. The source was delivered to the therapy department through the Hospital's receiving department this morning at 0830 [CDT]. This concludes the available information at this time. The Licensee is investigating this event. The Arkansas Radiation Control Program continues to investigate this event under Arkansas Event Number AR-2015-010.
The following information was provided by the State of Arkansas via email: The Program [Arkansas Radiation Control Program] received a written report from the licensee on September 3, 2015, outlining actions taken to inform staff should a package containing radioactive material be delivered to the wrong area. These actions included: reviewing procedures, photos of packages containing radioactive material and retraining on the receipt procedures. The Department [Arkansas Department of Health] considers this event to be closed. Notified R4DO (Warnick) and NMSS Events Notifications group via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Nea Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | Ark-0504-0212 |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+27.43 h1.143 days <br />0.163 weeks <br />0.0376 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Steve E. Mack 17:26 Jul 30, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Sep 4, 2015 |
| 51277 - NRC Website | |
Nea Baptist Memorial Hospital with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 512772015-07-29T14:00:00029 July 2015 14:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Shipment Delivered to Wrong Address 2015-07-29T14:00:00 | |