ENS 51045
ENS Event | |
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05:00 May 5, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Damaged and Missing Radioactive Material During Shipment |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Arkansas via email:
The Arkansas Radioactive Materials [RAM] licensee shipped a Yellow-II Radioactive Materials Package containing two 5 mCi/capsule/plastic vial of Iodine-131 via [common carrier] (overnight package) on Monday, April 27, 2015. The recipient rejected the RAM package prior to the receipt of the RAM package. The RAM package was re-routed back through the [common carrier] Memphis Distribution Center to the licensee, via [common carrier] Ground, and was received by the [common carrier] Little Rock warehouse on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The Department was notified of the RAM package being damaged at the [common carrier] Little Rock warehouse. The Department [Arkansas Department of Health] responded to perform surveys and wipe tests at the [common carrier] Little Rock warehouse. The Yellow-II RAM package appeared to have one seam smashed open, the styrofoam crushed, and the lead shipping container's interior side of cap damaged. One I-131 capsule/vial appears to be inside the lead shipping container smashed; one I-131 capsule/vial appears to be missing. The Department performed exposure measurements and/or contamination wipes of the [common carrier] Little Rock warehouse, RAM package and RAM package contents. No contamination or exposures of concern were noted of the [common carrier] Little Rock warehouse or RAM package. The licensee identified I-131 contamination inside the lead shipping container. Vehicle surveys were not performed by the Department, due to the vehicle was at the [common carrier] Memphis Distribution Center. The State of Tennessee was notified of this event on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. It is unknown at this time if there has been any exposure(s) to the public. The State [of Arkansas] is awaiting a written report from the licensee and will continue to investigate this event with [the common carrier]. The State will update this event as more information becomes available. Arkansas Event Number: ARK-2015-003
The following was received from the State of Arkansas via email: The activity of prescription number 46596 (missing I-131 capsule) is 5.418 mCi/1 capsule I-131 Sodium Iodide at 11:30 am on April 29, 2015 and for prescription number 46597 is 5.005 mCi/1 capsule I-131 Sodium Iodide at 10:00 am on April 29, 2015. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) conducted interviews and performed radiation surveys at the Common Carrier's Express Warehouse in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on May 7, 2015, where the RAM package had been received by and shipped to the Common Carrier's Distribution Center. It appeared that the missing I-131 capsule/vial was not at this location. ADH received a telephone call from the Common Carrier's Radiation Safety Consultant on May 8, 2015. The missing I-131 capsule/vial had been found 'intact' that morning at the Common Carrier's Memphis Distribution Center, whom took possession of the material. The State of Tennessee has been notified by ADH. Licensee's Corrective Action: Change in Procedure. ADH considers this event closed. Notified R1DO (Welling), R4DO (Vasquez), NMSS via email, ILTAB via email. 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 |
| Where | |
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| Red River Pharmacy Services Little Rock, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | ARK-1033-0250 |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+31.02 h1.293 days <br />0.185 weeks <br />0.0425 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Angie Hill 12:01 May 6, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | May 11, 2015 |
| 51045 - NRC Website | |
Red River Pharmacy Services with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 510452015-05-05T05:00:0005 May 2015 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged and Missing Radioactive Material During Shipment 2015-05-05T05:00:00 | |