ENS 45187

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Jul 1, 2009
Title	Lost Shipment of Yttrium Y-90
Event Description	The following was provided from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via fax: Shipment [was] made [by common carrier] from North Billerica to Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA on 6/23/09. The quantity was 10 milliCuries of Y-90. The package was reported missing as of July 1, 2009. 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

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Where
Perkinelmer Boston, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
License number:	00-3200
Organization:	Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+132.92 h5.538 days <br />0.791 weeks <br />0.182 months <br />)
Opened:	Bruce Packard 16:55 Jul 6, 2009
NRC Officer:	Joe O'Hara
Last Updated:	Jul 6, 2009
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