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NRC Receives Event Notification Involving International Isotopes
November 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54042) involving International Isotopes, Idaho Falls, Idaho:

EN Revision Imported Date : 11/20/2019

EN Revision Text: UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION EVENT DUE TO BREACHED CS-137 SOURCE

The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) at International Isotopes, Inc. reported that at 2130 PDT on 5/2/19, while changing out the Cs-137 source on a research irradiator, they breached . . .

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