ENS 56818

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Sep 1, 2023
Title	Agreement State - Lost and Found Radioactive Source
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Washington State Department of Health via email: A positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) unit with a Ge-68 sealed source (11 millicurie) was removed improperly from a medical facility in WA (Radia Imaging Center) and shipped to an unlicensed facility (MAK Heathcare in Woodstock, IL). Leak tests are in process to verify no spread of contamination. Currently, the plan is to ship the PET/CT scanner back to source manufacturer, Eckhert & Ziegler, in Burbank, CA on Friday, 10/27/2023. WA Incident Report Number: WA-23-028 See NRC Event Notification number 56814 for a parallel report made by Illinois. 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

ENS 56818 +/-
Where
Ge Precision Healthcare Woodstock, Illinois (NRC Region 3)
License number:	77-00413-01
Organization:	Wa Office Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1311.4 h54.642 days <br />7.806 weeks <br />1.796 months <br />)
Opened:	Mark Hernandez 20:24 Oct 25, 2023
NRC Officer:	Ernest West
Last Updated:	Oct 25, 2023
56818 - NRC Website
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