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RE: potential overexposure involving ram package
Who was that we are supposed to contact betwen June 20 and July 4? I didn't quite catch that.
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From: holsopplek@pt.cyanamid.com [SMTP:holsopplek@pt.cyanamid.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 8:44 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: potential overexposure involving ram package
I will be out of the office from June 20 through July 4, returning July 5th.
Please contact Jennifer Smulling on x2978 if you need imediate assistance.
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Subject: potential overexposure involving ram package
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Date: 06/20/00 08:57:11
Please see the attached NRC event report. Regardless of the outcome,
this event illustrates the importance of awareness training for all
employees at a licensed facility. I hope that more details on the
cause of this event are made available. Assuming that the package
arrived with a DOT Radioactive label:
Was the material removed from the shipping package and left without any
warning label?
Was the technician unaware of the significance of this label?
Was there a language or literacy problem?
Was the technician mislead by someone regarding the hazards?
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
|General Information or Other |Event Number:
37094 |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REP ORG: MA RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE:
06/19/2000|
|LICENSEE: AEA TECHNOLOGY |NOTIFICATION TIME:
14:51[EDT]|
| CITY: BURLINGTON REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE:
06/19/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT TIME:
11:30[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 12-8361 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE:
06/19/2000|
| DOCKET:
|+----------------------------+
| |PERSON
ORGANIZATION |
| |ROBERT SUMMERS
R1 |
| |DON COOL
NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHEAL WHALEN
| |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES
| |
+------------------------------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A
| |
|10 CFR SECTION:
| |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE
| |
|BAE1 20.2202(b)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE
| |
|
| |
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| |
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EVENT TEXT
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| POTENTIAL PERSONNEL
OVEREXPOSURE |
|
|
| A technician opened a "package" on the loading dock to check the
contents |
| after an apparent miscommunication. The package contained 1650 curies
of |
| Co-60 in a shielded container. The technician received an
undetermined dose |
| to the head and shoulder areas of the body, possibly in excess of 5
rem. |
| The dose will be determined but there is a good chance that it will be
less |
| than 5 rem. Even after removal of the outer plug there was still
1.125 |
| inches of tungsten
shielding. |
|
|
| The Massachusetts Radiation Control Program plans to go to the site
and |
| conduct an
investigation. |
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