ENS Event | |
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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 |
| Where | |
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| 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 | |
Northwest Medical Center, L.L.C. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 550232020-12-01T07:00:0001 December 2020 07:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost Iodine-125 Seeds 2020-12-01T07:00:00 | |