ENS 56206
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Nov 3, 2022 | |
| Title | Radiopharmaceutical Lost in Transit |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
The Agency was notified by Medi-Physics, Inc., doing business as GE Healthcare on the afternoon of 11/3/2022, that a radiopharmaceutical package containing 1.5 millicuries of In-111 was reported as lost while in the care of a common carrier. This does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion. Details on the package and shipment are provided below. The Georgia program will be notified along with the US NRC Operations Center. The package was shipped on 10/28/2022, from the licensee's facility in Arlington Heights, Illinois to Jubilant Radiopharma in Macon, Georgia. The package made it to the common carrier hub. Thereafter, it could not be accounted for and was declared lost on 11/3/2022. The package activity was 1.5 millicurie at the time of shipment but has decayed to approximately 1.147 millicurie at this time. IL Item Number: IL220042
No changes in status of the package have been provided by the carrier. The package has now decayed to under 1.0 microcuries of In-111. This matter is considered closed. Notified R1DO (Bickett), R3DO (Peterson), NMSS (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 |
| Where | |
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| G.E. Healthcare Dba/ Medi+Physics Arlington Heights, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01109-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+32.07 h1.336 days <br />0.191 weeks <br />0.0439 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Zach Mengel 13:04 Nov 4, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Dec 5, 2022 |
| 56206 - NRC Website | |
G.E. Healthcare Dba/ Medi+Physics with Agreement State | |
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