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Illegal export of radioactive material to China?
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EVENT TEXT
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P-32 SOURCE INADVERTANTLY DISCARDED TO RECYCLING
Late on the afternoon of 8/26 a 607 microcurie P-32
source was delivered to the Towers Building at the
University of Medicine & Dentistry, Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School located in Piscataway, NJ. Due
to a missed communication, the packaging was discarded
with the source vial to the cardboard recycling
dumpster. The dumpster was picked up on 8/28 and
delivered to the cardboard recycling facility located
in Port Newark, NJ for bailing and shipment to China.
The recycling facility produces about 550 bails/day.
A rad survey at the recycling facility found no
detectable radiation. The transit time to China is
estimated between 4-6 weeks where the material will
either enter the pulping process or municipal waste.
The licensee has corrective actions under review.
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Hospital
Event Number: 40129
REP ORG: Univ Of Medicine & Dentistry Of NJ
NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/03/2003
LICENSEE: Univ Of Medicine & Dentistry Of NJ
NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:00 [EST]
CITY: PISCATAWAY
REGION: 1
EVENT DATE: 08/26/2003
COUNTY:
STATE: NJ
EVENT TIME: [EDT]
LICENSE#: 29-15188-01
AGREEMENT: N
LAST UPDATE
DATE: 09/03/2003
DOCKET:
PERSON ORGANIZATION
PAMELA HENDERSON R1
TOM ESSIG NMSS
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NRC NOTIFIED BY: PATRICK McDERMOTT
HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN
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EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR SECTION:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
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The above may be viewed on the NRC Web site at URL:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2003/20030904en.html
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