The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
On July 18, 2022, the licensee notified [the Texas Department of State Health Services] (the Agency) that it had discovered that a Jubilant Draximage generator [containing Strontium-82 and Strontium-85] that was sent for disposal from its facility on May 11, 2022, had not arrived at the disposal facility in Utah. Current activity today is 8.68 millicuries of Sr-82 and 12.52 millicuries of Sr-85.
The licensee contacted the common carrier who reported that they did not have the package logged as hazardous material on its records, and that on May 17, 2022, the package was delayed at its facility in North Salt Lake, Utah, and its records are showing it is still there.
The common carrier has opened, and escalated, a case. The licensee has confirmed with the disposal company that it has not received the generator. The licensee stated the package was properly packaged and labeled and the declaration for shipping hazardous goods was used and the airbill was marked as hazardous goods. The licensee will continue to work with the common carrier to locate the generator. More information will be provided as it is obtained in accordance with SA-300.
Texas Incident Number: I-9941
- * * UPDATE ON 07/18/2022 AT 1824 EDT FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO ERNEST WEST * * *
The correct current activity of Sr-82 is 1.2 millicuries vice the previously reported amount of 8.68 millicuries.
Notified R4DO (Gaddy) and NMSS (Sun).
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