intentional misuse

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

Please see the attached NRC Event Report.  This is another case in the
"epidemic" of intentional misuse incidents.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com



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| REP ORG:  CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM    |NOTIFICATION DATE:
08/07/2000|
|LICENSEE:  ZENECA AG MANAGEMENT                 |NOTIFICATION TIME:
18:22[EDT]|
|    CITY:  RICHMAN                  REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:
09/14/1999|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  CA |EVENT
TIME:             [PDT]|
|LICENSE#:  CA 0564-07            AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:
08/25/2000|
|  DOCKET:
|+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON
ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |KRISS KENNEDY
R4DO    |
|                                                |SUSAN SHANKMAN
NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+ROBETA WARREN
IAT     |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  KEN PRENDERGAST
|                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  BOB STRANSKY
|                             |
+------------------------------------------------+
|
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A
|                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:
|                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE
|                             |
|
|                             |
|
|                             |
|
|                             |
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|                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT
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| AGREEMENT STATE
REPORT                                                       |
|
|
| "During a routine inspection of Zeneca Ag Management, the licensee
informed  |
| an inspector from the California Radiation Control Program that
someone may  |
| have intentionally contaminated areas in laboratories B200, B202 and
B204 in |
| building 96. After becoming aware of the incident on 9/14/1999, the
licensee |
| changed the locks for the storage location of the carbon-14, installed
locks |
| on all other refrigerators, and performed bioassays of personnel who
worked  |
| in these laboratories. All bioassay results were negative. No
further        |
| facility contaminations
occurred."                                           |
|
|
| The release of this report was delayed for investigative
reasons.            |
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