ENS 49836

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v t e ENS Event
20:30 Feb 14, 2014
Title	Agreement State Report - Lost Cesium-131 Seeds
Event Description	The following was received from the State of New York via email: NYS DOH BERP [New York State Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection] received a call from Chief Physicist for Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC. NYS RAM License No. 5335, Lake Success, NY. A shipment of fifty-seven (57) Cs-131 seeds was sent to ISORAY MEDICAL, in Washington State (license WN-L0213-1). The shipment was received 2/14/14 and the receipt survey showed high radiation readings. The package was isolated and opened to reveal that the shipping pig was open inside of the outer package. Forty-four (44) seeds were found in the box. The shipment of seeds contained three activities, 1.28 millicurie, 1.1 millicurie, and 2.1 millicurie. It is not currently known which batch the missing seeds were from. The common carrier has been notified. Washington State DOH [Department of Health] has been notified. The root cause investigation is ongoing. A press release has not been issued. A reward has not been offered Event Report ID: NY-14-01 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

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Where
Integrated Medical Professionals Llc Lake Success, New York (NRC Region 1)
License number:	NYS 5335
Organization:	New York State Dept. Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+85.97 h3.582 days <br />0.512 weeks <br />0.118 months <br />)
Opened:Some use of "" in your query was not closed by a matching "".	10:28 Feb 18, 2014
NRC Officer:	Charles Teal
Last Updated:	Feb 18, 2014
49836 - NRC Website
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Integrated Medical Professionals Llc with Agreement State
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