ENS 56712
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Sep 1, 2023 | |
| Title | Missing Packages |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) email:
The Agency was notified after hours on September 1, 2023, by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL (RML IL-01109-01) to advise of three radiopharmaceutical packages missing in transit. This is in addition to the four previously reported missing shipments [See EN56682, EN56697, and EN56701]. All three were shipped on August 24, 2023, and marked as 'missing' by the common carrier on September 1, 2023. The last known location was the [common carrier] Indianapolis transfer hub on August 24, 2023. Indiana contacted the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) and reported at least two of these packages were located in an Indiana landfill and were recovered by their responders. [One of the two packages recovered from the landfill is for a previous event, See EN56701]. This investigation is ongoing. The radiopharmaceutical packages were offered for shipment on August 24, 2023, for delivery to three customers (Nuclear Medicine Associates in Redding, CA; Cardinal Health in Southfield, MI; and RLS USA INC - New Orleans in Harahan, LA). The Nuclear Medicine Associates package contained three 14.3 mCi vials of I-123; the Cardinal Health package contained one 4.1 mCi vial of In-111 and the RLS package contained one 4.1 mCi vial of In-111. Activities are those at time of shipment. Information available at this time indicates the Nuclear Medicine Associates package and at least one other package containing In-111 [see EN56701] were located at a landfill by State of Indiana officials. NMED report number: IL230023 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 Arlington Heights, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01109-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+104.8 h4.367 days <br />0.624 weeks <br />0.144 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gary Forsee 13:48 Sep 5, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Brian P. Smith |
| Last Updated: | Sep 5, 2023 |
| 56712 - NRC Website | |
G.E. Healthcare with Agreement State | |
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