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07:45 Apr 20, 2007 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report Involving Theft of Radiopharmaceuticals from Delivery Vehicle |
| Event Description | At 0345 hours0.00399 days <br />0.0958 hours <br />5.704365e-4 weeks <br />1.312725e-4 months <br /> on 4/20/07 a Cardinal Health, Inc. delivery vehicle (Ranger Pickup) parked at the Presbyterian Hospital located at 200 Hawthorne Lane in Charlotte, NC was broken into and had six (6) Type-7A ammo cans stolen. The ammo cans contained forty-nine (49) unit doses of Tc-99m (total activity 1.669 Curies) used for diagnostic work. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was notified of the theft. NC plans on issuing a press release regarding this incident.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source. |
| Where | |
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| Cardinal Health, Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 0600794-1 |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2.22 h0.0925 days <br />0.0132 weeks <br />0.00304 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Lee Cox 09:58 Apr 20, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Apr 20, 2007 |
| 43311 - NRC Website | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 433112007-04-20T07:45:00020 April 2007 07:45:00
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