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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Thu, 04-12-2003
ERF description: On November 7, 2003, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported that two employees of a chemical laboratory licensee may have received intakes of carbon-14 (C-14) resulting in potential radiation doses that exceed the regulatory limit. The intakes occurred as a result of a leaking ampoule containing C-14 in benzene. The flame-sealed glass ampoule contained 9.3 GBq (252 millicuries) of C-14 in 221 microliters of benzene which was being
readied for shipment to a customer. The ampoule was wiped for contamination and placed on a counter outside of the fume hood for approximately two hours. Initially the ampoule was thought to be in the fume hood. The ampoule was later found to be leaking, and only 2.2 GBq (59millicuries) remained in the ampoule. Urinalysis was performed on the two workers immediately after the event. An estimate of the radiation doses to the workers are 79.8 mSv (7.98 rem) and 89.8 mSv (8.98 rem) committed effective dose equivalent. The regulatory limit is 50 mSv (5 rem).
ERF rating date: 04-12-2003
ERF contact person: Richard Wessman
ERF address: Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
ERF affiliation: USNRC

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