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radtransp survived FedEx plane crash at Tallahassee



Title: radtransp survived FedEx plane crash at Tallahassee

US Radioactive Materials Aboard A Federal Express Jet Survived
Source: Nuclear News Flashes, 7 August 2002

Radioactive materials aboard a federal express jet survived a fire after the plane crashed at a Tallahassee, Florida. airport two weeks ago, according to a July 29 NRC preliminary notification. An earlier NRC event Notification said one package contained 148 millicuries (5.47 gigabecquerels) of thalium-201 while another had 153 millicuries (5.69 gigabecquerels) of Tl-201. A third package had 1.6 millicuries (59.2 megabecquerels) of liquid phosphorus-32, and a fourth package contained 194 millicuries (7.19 gegabecquerels) of P-32 in solid salt form. Florida state officials reported that no one received contamination nor was there residual contamination at the site, NRC said.