In accordance with
10 CFR 20.2201 Reports of theft or loss of licensed material [the Penn State University Radiation Safety Officer called] to report missing radioactive material in excess of 10 times the quantity specified in appendix C to part 20. The missing material is one vial of phosphorus-32. The vial contained a nominal 74 MBq (2 milliCuries) of P-32. The material in question was never in the possession of Penn State University.
On June 4, 2005, a Type-A package containing three vials of radioactive P-32 was shipped from California to Penn State University via FedEx (tracking number 689818990843). When the package arrived at Penn State University on June 6, 2005, it only contained two of the three vials of P-32. When the vendor was contacted by Penn State University personnel, the vendor insisted that the material had been placed inside the package as was indicated on the shipping papers. The Penn State Health Physics Office staff member who opened the package reported that the security seal tape was properly attached and that the package displayed no evidence of tampering.
The frozen liquid radioactive material that was not received was in the chemical form of Adenosine 5-Triphosphate (gamma P-32) End Labeling (P-32). Lot number J5E32. The package also contained dry ice.
All other packages in the shipment were double checked to verify that the vial was not present in a separate package. The activity reported on the package's shipping label indicated the that the vial was within the package, the shipping papers indicated that the vial was within the package. The package was shipped by the vendor via FedEx in accordance with their normal procedures.
The licensee does not believe the box was opened or the material misdirected.
Vendor:
MP Biomedicals, Inc
15 Morgan
Irvine, CA
- * * UPDATED AT 0730 EDT ON 6/8/05 BY HUFFMAN TO MAKE A CORRECTION IN THE EVENT HEADER * * *
- * * UPDATED AT 1430 EST ON 2/21/06 FROM CA RAD PGM OFFICE (DONELLE KRAJEWSKI) TO S. SANDIN * * *
Received a call from the State of California Rad Program representative. During a followup investigation by CA, it was determined that only two of the three vials ordered had been shipped. CA would update the original licensee NMED report to show that there was no missing rad material. Notified R4DO(Pick) and NMSS(Morell).
- * * UPDATED AT 1445 EST ON 2/21/06 FROM ERIC BOELDT TO S. SANDIN * * *
Contacted the licensee to provide information received from the State of CA. The licensee is retracting this report based on this information. Notified R1DO(Henderson) and
NMSS(Morell).