Event Notification Report for February 26, 2018

POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED WORKER TRANSPORTED TO OFFSITE MEDICAL FACILITY

"At 2247 Eastern [Standard] Time the Unit 1 Control Room was notified of a personnel injury in the Unit 1 lower containment. Unit 1 is currently in Mode 1 at 100 [percent] [Reactor] Power and the individual was working in lower containment. The individual's injury appears to be Heat Exhaustion. Site emergency medical technicians responded to the scene and the individual was transported to a local medical facility via ambulance. At the time of transport, the individual was considered to be potentially contaminated because complete surveys could not be performed while the individual was immobilized for transfer. The individual and clothing were surveyed at the hospital by a resident Radiation Protection Technician and no contamination was found.

"This report is being made pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xii), 'Any event requiring the transport of a radioactively contaminated person to an offsite medical facility for treatment.'

"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."

EN Revision Imported Date : 03/19/18

EN Revision Text: IODINE-131 SHIPMENT LOST IN TRANSIT

The following information was received via E-mail:

"A package was shipped on February 22, 2018 with an estimated delivery date of February 26, 2018. The customer requested a morning delivery and contacted us when the package wasn't delivered. We reached out to [the common carrier] the afternoon of February 26. [The common carrier] began tracing the shipment that afternoon. From what [International Isotopes] understands, there may have been a mix-up with the ULD (unit load device) in Oakland. We have provided [the common carrier] with a description of the Type A package. They are very familiar with this package as we ship several of these I-131 Type A's per day. We are still in contact with [the common carrier] daily on this. There are three traces out and all three have hit a dead end. At this point [International Isotopes] would consider the package lost, which in our experience is unusual for [the common carrier]. We have had delays, but after a trace, have been able to locate the package.

"Shipper: International Isotopes Inc.
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
NRC License No.: 11-27680-01MD

"Consignee: Pharmatron
Fresno, CA 93710
California License No.: 7624-10

"The package contained:
1,000 mCi of I-131 solution
Concentration of 4450.0 mCi/mL
Volume = 0.22 mL
Vial was Crimp Top Serum Vials, 2mL."

* * * UPDATE ON 3/16/18 AT 1253 EDT FROM JOHN MILLER TO DAVID AIRD * * *

The following was received via email:

"The lost I-131 shipment had been located at the [common carrier] Memphis HUB and was received at the International Isotopes, Inc. facility today, 03/16/2018."

Notified R4DO (Rollins), NMSS, ILTAB, and CNSNS (Mexico) via email.

THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

Original EN Text: IODINE-131 SHIPMENT LOST IN TRANSIT

The following information was received via E-mail:

"A package was shipped on February 22, 2018 with an estimated delivery date of February 26, 2018. The customer requested a morning delivery and contacted us when the package wasn't delivered. We reached out to [the common carrier] the afternoon of February 26. [The common carrier] began tracing the shipment that afternoon. From what [International Isotopes] understands, there may have been a mix-up with the ULD (unit load device) in Oakland. We have provided [the common carrier] with a description of the Type A package. They are very familiar with this package as we ship several of these I-131 Type A's per day. We are still in contact with [the common carrier] daily on this. There are three traces out and all three have hit a dead end. At this point [International Isotopes] would consider the package lost, which in our experience is unusual for [the common carrier]. We have had delays, but after a trace, have been able to locate the package.

"Shipper: International Isotopes Inc.
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
NRC License No.: 11-27680-01MD

"Consignee: Pharmatron
Fresno, CA 93710
California License No.: 7624-10

"The package contained:
1,000 mCi of I-131 solution
Concentration of 4450.0 mCi/mL
Volume = 0.22 mL
Vial was Crimp Top Serum Vials, 2mL."

THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf