Headquarters Daily Report

                         JULY 12, 1996

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PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED  MORNING REPORT - REGION II  JULY 12, 1996

Licensee/Facility:                     Notification:

                                       MR Number: 2-96-0063
Federal Express                        Date: 07/12/96
Memphis,Tennessee                                                         

Subject: TRANSPORTATION EVENT                                            

Discussion:

A Federal Express health physics consultant notified the DOT National    
Response Center and the State of Tennessee on July 9, 1996, concerning a 
transportation spill at the Federal Express (Fed Ex) air terminal located
in Memphis, TN.  The material was a glass capsule containing 7.5         
millicuries of chronium-51.  The event occurred at about 3:00 a.m. on    
July 9, 1996, and the capsule could not be located until daylight because
the event occurred on an outside driveway at the Fed Ex facility.  The   
broken capsule was located after daylight.  Four contaminated spots were 
located during the survey and clean up of the area.  The area was        
decontaminated and only fixed contamination remains.  The remaining      
radiation level is reported to be less than 0.5 millrem per hour.        
Federal Express plans to take no further action; the residual            
radioactivity on a driveway will be allowed to decay since  personnel are
not around the area routinely and the remaining material appears to be   
fixed.  All packing material and the crushed capsule were repackaged and 
returned to the orginal shipper for disposal.  There was  no other       
equipment or personnel contamination.                                    

Regional Action:

The Region will followup and close out with the State of Tennessee.      

Contact:  R. Woodruff                (404)331-5545
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