The following is a summary of information received via email from the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (
IEMA):
IEMA was notified August 29, 2023, by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL (RML IL-01109-01) to advise a radiopharmaceutical package was missing - presumably in transit. This package contained (3) shielded vials of In-111, accounting for 12.3 mCi at the time of shipment. The last known location was the [common carrier] Indianapolis transfer hub on August 24, 2023. This package does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion.
The radiopharmaceutical package was offered for shipment on August 24, 2023, for delivery to the customer the following day. The package was labeled Yellow-II (TI of 0.1), UN2915. At of the time of the report, the activity has since decayed to approximately 2.8 mCi. The licensee advised that on August 29, 2023, [common carrier] declared the package as lost with an unknown status.
Illinois Item Number: IL230022
See EN56682 and EN56697 for similar events.
- * * UPDATE ON 9/5/203 AT 1448 EDT FROM GARY FORSEE TO ERNEST WEST * * *
This package was located at a landfill in Indiana on 9/5/2023"
Notified R3DO (Ruiz), NMSS Event Notifications 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