ENS 55543

v t e ENS Event
14:45 Oct 25, 2021
Title	Agreement State - Contaminated Package
Event Description	The following information was received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via email: At 1030 EDT on October 25, 2021, a package containing Zr-89 was received from the common carrier (airway bill number 770242368189) at the licensee's facility in New Jersey. At 1045 EDT, the package was wipe tested by a licensee employee and results indicated a high level of removable contamination. The bottom of the box read 217,410 counts per minute (cpm), while the background read 1,510 cpm. The box was opened and the top of the lead pig which holds the vial of liquid (approximately 200 microliters) radioactive Zr-89, which was 2,139 MBq at time of packaging on October 22, 2021, was found to be detached from the bottom of the lead pig. Pieces of the vial were observed to be outside of the lead pig which indicates the vial was indeed broken. The box was re-sealed and placed into the cyclotron vault at the licensee's facility for safety and containment purposes. At 1100 EDT, the Zr-89 manufacturer and shipper were notified of the situation. The box has been secured and contained within the cyclotron vault, 50 feet away from personnel at the facility.

ENS 55543 +/-
Where
Sofie Totowa, New Jersey (NRC Region 1)
License number:	832599-RAD-210001
Organization:	Nj Dept Of Environmental Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.85 h0.0771 days <br />0.011 weeks <br />0.00253 months <br />)
Opened:	Nancy Stanley 16:36 Oct 25, 2021
NRC Officer:	Brian P. Smith
Last Updated:	Oct 25, 2021
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