Event Notification Report for August 26, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
08/25/2003 - 08/26/2003
EVENT NUMBERS
40129
Hospital
Event Number: 40129
Rep Org: UNIV OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NJ
Licensee: UNIV OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NJ
Region: 1
City: PISCATAWAY State: NJ
County:
License #: 29-15188-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: PATRICK McDERMOTT
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: UNIV OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NJ
Region: 1
City: PISCATAWAY State: NJ
County:
License #: 29-15188-01
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: PATRICK McDERMOTT
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 09/03/2003
Notification Time: 16:00 [ET]
Event Date: 08/26/2003
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/03/2003
Notification Time: 16:00 [ET]
Event Date: 08/26/2003
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/03/2003
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
Person (Organization):
PAMELA HENDERSON (R1)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
PAMELA HENDERSON (R1)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
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.
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.