The following information was received via email:
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) received notice of a missing radiopharmaceutical package lost in the care of a commercial carrier while in transit from Arlington Heights, IL to Dallas, TX. The package was initially damaged and identified at the carrier's Memphis, TN location on 8/5/22. At that time, it was accounted for and was not reported as lost. As of 8/25/22, the carrier declared the package as lost after attempts to overpack and return to the shipper, GE Healthcare. The carrier reports they lost the overpack with the package inside at their Memphis, TN facility. The 1.0 millicuries of Indium-111 [originally contained in the package] has now decayed beneath 20 microcuries. As a result, this does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion. TN program staff have been copied on the notification. All reporting timelines were met. Unless additional information is provided, this matter is considered closed.
Illinois Reference Number: IL220030
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