RE: radtransp survived FedEx plane crash at Tallahassee

[gaxt <gordon-axt@UIOWA.EDU>]

Any word on the pilots ?



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From:	Franta, Jaroslav [SMTP:frantaj@AECL.CA]

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Subject:	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.



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