ENS 55644

From kanterella

Jump to navigation Jump to search

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Dec 13, 2021
Title	Missing THALIUM-201 Shipment
Event Description	The following information was received from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email: Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. notified the Agency at 1145 EST on 12/14/2021 that a thalium-201 (73.1 hr half-life) shipment in route to RLS USA, Inc. went missing in transit during vehicle maintenance operations. The vehicle had a flat tire that needed to be replaced. The flat tire occurred the early morning of 12/13/2021 around 0000 EST, but possibly before 0000 EST on the evening of 12/12/2021, [near Pallisades Park, NJ]. During the tire change, the packages were removed from the vehicle in order to complete the maintenance. RLS USA, Inc. reported to Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. on the evening of 12/13/2021 that the thallium material was not received. A Tc-99m generator package shipped in the same vehicle was received by RLS USA, Inc. as part of the delivery, but the thalium-201 package was not received. The missing package contained 117 mCi of thalium-201 as of 12/12/2021 (Yellow II package, 0.3 TI). The reporting requirement is within 30 days and is of 105 CMR 120.281(A)(2), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 10 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. The Agency considers this event to be open. New York State and New Jersey Agencies were contacted. * * UPDATE FROM ROBERT LOCK TO THOMAS KENDZIA AT 1121 EDT ON 12/16/21 * * * The following information was received from the Agency via e-mail: Correction: Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. reports that the flat tire on the delivery vehicle occurred at 6:45 PM on 12/12/2021. Correction: The event was reported to the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program at 11:45 a.m. on 12/14/2021 (the 11:45 p.m. in the narrative is a typo and should be a.m.). MDS performed searches for the package [where the flat tire was changed] and surrounding areas, performed searches at another location on the delivery route (MDS warehouse located in Little Ferry, NJ) and contacted other facilities on the route where other packages were delivered. The package continues to be missing. Notified R1DO (YOUNG), NMSS Events Notification group (email), and ILTAB (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

ENS 55644 +/-
Where
Lantheus Medical Imaging North Billerica, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1)
License number:	60-0088
Organization:	Ma Radiation Control Program
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+35.68 h1.487 days <br />0.212 weeks <br />0.0489 months <br />)
Opened:	Bob Locke 16:41 Dec 14, 2021
NRC Officer:	Brian Lin
Last Updated:	Dec 16, 2021
55644 - NRC Website
v • d • e

v t e Emergency Notification System
Lantheus Medical Imaging with Agreement State
WEEKMONTHYEAR2021-12-13T05:00:00 [Table view]
[ENS list for Lantheus Medical Imaging]

Retrieved from "https://kanterella.com/w/index.php?title=ENS_55644&oldid=3386424"

ENS Notification