ENS 55023

v t e ENS Event
07:00 Dec 1, 2020
Title	Lost Iodine-125 Seeds
Event Description	The following was received from the state of Arizona Department of Health Services (the Department) via email: The Department received notification from the licensee that seven approximately 0.4 milliCurie Iodine-125 seeds used for breast localization were discovered missing [during inventory on 12/1/2020]. The Department has requested additional information and continues to investigate the event. Arizona Incident Number: 20-024. 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

ENS 55023 +/-
Where
Northwest Medical Center, L.L.C. Tucson, Arizona (NRC Region 4)
License number:	10-097
Organization:	Arizona Dept Of Health Services
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+81.35 h3.39 days <br />0.484 weeks <br />0.111 months <br />)
Opened:	Brian Goretzki 16:21 Dec 4, 2020
NRC Officer:	Solomon Sahle
Last Updated:	Dec 4, 2020
55023 - NRC Website
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