ENS 56419
ENS Event | |
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05:09 Mar 11, 2023 | |
| Title | Lost Packages |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
Shortly after reporting the first two missing packages (see EN56418), the Agency was contacted on 3/17/23 by General Electric (GE) Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL to advise of a third radiopharmaceutical package that went missing in transit. The last known location was the carrier hub in Memphis, TN. The carrier has advised efforts to locate the packages have ceased and the package was declared as lost. This package does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion. TN and AL program officials were notified. Details are provided below. Package Details: [The package] shipped on 3/10/23 to Cardinal Health in Birmingham, AL. [The package] contained (1) 10mL shielded vial of In-111. Package activity at the time of shipment was 3.2 mCi. [The package] contains 0.563 mCi [as of 3/17/2023, 1647 EDT]. The last scan occurred at 0009 CDT on 3/11/23. GE Healthcare contacted the customer and confirmed that the package was not received. Additional details will be provided as they become available. This matter has a 30-day reporting requirement to the NRC with a required call to the NRC Headquarters Operations Officer. IL Event Number: IL230008
As of 4/17/23 the packages remain lost. No additional information has been provided by the carrier. The packages have decayed to background and do not represent a public safety hazard. This report will be updated with any new information but is otherwise considered closed. Notified R3DO (Orth), NMSS Events Notification, and ILTAB via 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:+156.63 h6.526 days <br />0.932 weeks <br />0.215 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gary Forsee 16:47 Mar 17, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Ernest West |
| Last Updated: | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 56419 - NRC Website | |
G.E. Healthcare Dba/ Medi+Physics with Agreement State | |
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