ENS Event | |
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10:40 May 8, 2015 | |
| Title | Stolen Radiopharmaceuticals |
| Event Description | The following event occurred in Kansas City, MO.
The corporate office of Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy was notified that a vehicle being used to deliver material to the VA [Veterans Affairs] Hospital in Kansas City, MO had been stolen at approximately 0540 CDT on 5/8/2015. Inside the vehicle were two packages, each containing Tc-99m. The maximum combined activity of the Tc-99m in the two packages was less than 250 millicuries. Both VA security and the Kansas City, MO police were notified. VA security is reviewing security videos for possible leads. The Kansas City, MO police case number is 15-31091.
The following information was received via E-mail: The vehicle was located in Overland Park, KS by the police in Overland Park. Cardinal Health Kansas City sent drivers to retrieve the vehicle. It is now back at the Cardinal Health Kansas City nuclear pharmacy as of 0935 CDT on May 8, 2015. Packages containing radioactive materials in the vehicle with tamper resistant seals are intact and unopened." Apparently the vehicle was stolen by a patient of the VA Hospital. The identity of this individual was able to be confirmed. Notified R3DO (Skokowski), ILTAB (Wray), and NMSS Events Notification.. 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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| Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Dublin, Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 34-29200-01MD |
| Organization: | Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.58 h-0.108 days <br />-0.0154 weeks <br />-0.00353 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Dan Hill 08:05 May 8, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Donald Norwood |
| Last Updated: | May 8, 2015 |
| 51056 - NRC Website | |
Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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