Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Information related to the major categories of our depreciable assets is as follows:



	December 31, 2011			March 31, 2011
Land and land improvements (1)	$	32,629		$	30,194
Buildings and leasehold improvements	221,249			201,883
Machinery and equipment	302,210			286,103
Information systems	107,477			101,934
Radioisotope	206,470			194,882
Construction in progress (1)	26,478			40,665
Total property, plant, and equipment	896,513			855,661
Less: accumulated depreciation and depletion	(518,348		)	(485,259		)
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	378,165		$	370,402


(1)	Land is not depreciated. Construction in progress is not depreciated until placed in service.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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