The following information was provided by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
On November 22, 2023, the Agency was contacted by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL (IL-01109-01) to advise of a radiopharmaceutical package missing in transit. The last known location was the Memphis, TN [common carrier] hub where it was scanned on November 21, 2023. The carrier has declared the package lost. This package does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion.
The subject package is 16 centimeters square, labeled Yellow-II (TI of 0.1), UN2915 and contains a single 10 milli-Liters shielded vial of In-111. The activity was 5.210 millicuries at the time of shipment but has since decayed to approximately 1.56 millicuries. It was offered for shipment on November 17, 2023, for delivery to a customer in Ontario, Canada on November 20, 2023. Upon failure to arrive, the licensee contacted the carrier and was informed the package was currently unaccounted for. Tennessee program officials were notified, and the matter was reported to the HOO [NRC Headquarters Operations Officer]. This report will be updated with any available information.
Illinois Item Number: IL230033
- * * UPDATE ON 12/5/23 AT 1650 EST FROM GARY FORSEE TO ADAM KOZIOL * * *
On 12/5/23, the licensee advised that the package was delivered undamaged to the client site. This matter is considered closed.
Notified R1DO (Werkheiser), R3DO (Szwarc), NMSS 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