ENS Event | |
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06:00 Oct 23, 2024 | |
| Title | Lost Source |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via phone and email:
On January 8, 2025, the Agency was notified by representatives of the Lincoln Memorial Hospital of two sources that were missing after being offered for shipment through a common carrier. The two sealed Co-57 calibration sources collectively accounted for approximately 0.5 millicuries. While the sources were offered for shipment on October 23, 2024, the fact the sources never reached their destination was not discovered until an audit on January 8, 2025. After having received no further information from the carrier, the package is being declared as lost. The Agency staff will evaluate the timeliness in reporting, the level of accountability exerted over the sources, and root cause for the loss in a reactive inspection this coming week. Updates will be provided as they become available. Source Number: 1 Source/Radioactive Material: SEALED SOURCE CALIB/MARKER Manufacturer: Eckert & Ziegler Model Number: PP-057-250u Serial Number: N4-286 Radionuclide: Co-57 Activity: 0.000000098 Ci (98 nCi or 3.626 kBq) IAEA Category: NA Source Number: 2 Source/Radioactive Material: SEALED SOURCE CALIB/MARKER Manufacturer: Eckert & Ziegler Model Number: PF24R-057-10M Serial Number: 2236-088 Radionuclide: Co-57 Activity: 0.0005 Ci (500 ?Ci or 18.5 MBq) IAEA Category: NA Illinois Report Number: IL250001 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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| Lincoln Memorial Hospital Lincoln, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01784-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2049.53 h85.397 days <br />12.2 weeks <br />2.807 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 16:32 Jan 16, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 57499 - NRC Website
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