The following information was provided by the
Texas Department of State Health Services (the Department) via email:
On August 2, 2024, the Department was notified by a Texas licensee that they had shipped 118 millicuries of iodine-125 seeds to a vendor in the state of Florida on July 26, 2024. The package was shipped standard overnight shipping. The Texas licensee reported that on August 2, 2024 the vendor contacted them and requested a status update of the shipment. The Texas licensee looked up the shipping information on the shipper's web site and it only showed that the material had been picked up by the shipper at the Texas licensee's location. The Texas licensee has not been able to get any additional information from the shipper. The Texas licensee has opened a case with the shipper. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300.
The licensee reported the iodine-125 seeds involved in this event are not an exposure risk to any individuals.
Texas incident number: I-10118
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.pdfThe following additional information was obtained from the licensee in accordance with Headquarters Operations Officers Report Guidance: