ENS 57364
ENS Event | |
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16:44 Oct 4, 2024 | |
| Title | Missing Category 2 Source |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via phone and email:
On 10/4/2024, at 1244 EDT, QSA Global, Inc. (license number 12-8361) was notified that a package containing a 109.1 Ci Ir-192 sealed source in a type B package was missing in transit and notified the Agency at 1315 EDT on the same day. The following information was provided at the time of notification: Isotope: Ir-192 Source Serial Number: 97855M Form: Sealed source Activity (at time of shipment): 109.1 Ci Container Model Number: 650L Container Serial Number: 1063 Transportation Index: 0.6 Shipping Date: 9/13/24 Last Known Location: [Common carrier] hub in Memphis, TN The reporting requirement is immediate and is required by 105 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. The Agency considers this event to be open. The following additional information was obtained from the Agreement State in accordance with Headquarters Operations Officers Report Guidance: The last physical scan was on 9/17/24, at 1403 EDT, in Memphis, TN. The recipient reached out to the common carrier on 10/1/24 asking to track the package. The response from the common carrier was that they were experiencing high volume and the package was waiting to be cleared in customs. The recipient followed up again on 10/4/24, at 0928 EDT, asking for an update, and received an update at 1108 EDT stating that they could not locate the package. The Agency has contacted the State of Tennessee regarding this event. Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).
The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email: At 1108 EDT on October 8, 2024, the missing package was delivered undamaged to the intended recipient. The Agency considers this event closed. Notified R1DO (Arner), IR (Grant), NMSS (Fisher), ILTAB (Brown), INES (Smith), NMSS Events Notification. Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 sources, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them, or were otherwise in contact with them, for a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Qsa Global Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 12-8361 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.18 h-0.0908 days <br />-0.013 weeks <br />-0.00299 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bob Locke 14:33 Oct 4, 2024 |
| NRC Officer: | Sam Colvard |
| Last Updated: | Oct 8, 2024 |
| 57364 - NRC Website | |
Qsa Global with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 573642024-10-04T16:44:0004 October 2024 16:44:00
[Table view]Agreement State Missing Category 2 Source ENS 559162022-05-27T11:50:00027 May 2022 11:50:00 Agreement State Lost Sealed Sources in Transit ENS 551732021-04-05T14:40:0005 April 2021 14:40:00 Agreement State Sealed Source Missing in Transit ENS 549662020-10-22T13:26:00022 October 2020 13:26:00 Agreement State Missing Category 2 Material ENS 520952016-07-14T23:35:00014 July 2016 23:35:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Delivered to Private Residence ENS 508052015-02-09T06:00:0009 February 2015 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State - Radioactive Shipment Delivered to the Wrong Location ENS 490112013-05-08T14:00:0008 May 2013 14:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potentially Lost Radioactive Source Shipment ENS 490072013-05-06T12:00:0006 May 2013 12:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Shipment Did Not Arrive as Expected ENS 485132012-11-15T05:00:00015 November 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Iridium-192 Source Missing During Shipment ENS 476922012-01-31T05:00:00031 January 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Contamination Levels Exceed Action Levels ENS 462562010-09-02T19:59:0002 September 2010 19:59:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Source Received with External Contamination ENS 456212010-01-11T05:00:00011 January 2010 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Qsa Global Report of Defect ENS 445362008-10-03T04:00:0003 October 2008 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Defective Component That Could Potentially Cause a Substantial Safety Hazard ENS 439952008-02-19T05:00:00019 February 2008 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Radioactive Material Shipment Missing ENS 438612007-12-11T05:00:00011 December 2007 05:00:00 Agreement State Massachusetts Agreement State Report - Lost Shipment of Iridium-192 Sources 2024-10-04T16:44:00 | |