ENS 57697
ENS Event | |
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05:00 May 7, 2025 | |
| Title | Missing Packages |
| Event Description | The following information is a summary provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency) via phone and email:
On May 7th, 2025, the Agency received a notification from Bard Brachytherapy in Carol Stream, IL to advise of four missing packages of I-125. Package A: 39 sources, activity - 1457.430 MBq (39.39 mCi) Package B: 39 sources, activity - 1457.430 MBq (39.39 mCi) Package C: 39 sources, activity - 1457.430 MBq (39.39 mCi) Package D: 40 sources, activity - 1494.800 MBq (40.40 mCi) Source model number: STM 1251 The package was sent via [common carrier] from Chicago O'Hare Airport on May 2nd, 2025. The package destination was East London, Africa. An investigation by the Agency is ongoing. Illinois Item Number: IL250018
On May 7, 2025, Bard Brachytherapy reported to the Agency the apparent loss of (4) packages containing a total of (158) I-125 brachytherapy seeds with an activity of 0.59 mCi each. The packages were shipped to a client in South Africa via [common carrier] at Chicago O'Hare Airport on May 2, 2025. Data available at the time of the report indicated the packages had been lost while in the possession of the carrier. The following day, May 8, 2025, the licensee advised the packages had actually arrived timely in South Africa on May 4, 2025. No public exposures resulted from this incident. Pending the licensee's written report and explanation on gaps in accountability, this matter is considered closed. Notified R3DO (Ruiz), NMSS Events Notification (email) 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 |
| Where | |
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| Bard Brachytherapy Carol Stream, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-02062-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+12.58 h0.524 days <br />0.0749 weeks <br />0.0172 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kimberly Stice 17:35 May 7, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Jordan Wingate |
| Last Updated: | May 8, 2025 |
| 57697 - NRC Website
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Bard Brachytherapy with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Lost Sources ENS 579352025-09-08T05:00:0008 September 2025 05:00:00 Agreement State Contamination Detected in Shipping Vial ENS 576972025-05-07T05:00:0007 May 2025 05:00:00 Agreement State Missing Packages ENS 571932024-06-25T05:00:00025 June 2024 05:00:00 Agreement State Broken Brachytherapy Seed ENS 571272024-05-13T05:00:00013 May 2024 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Brachytherapy Seed ENS 563412023-02-06T06:00:0006 February 2023 06:00:00 Agreement State Lost Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 561812022-10-25T05:00:00025 October 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Shipments ENS 561452022-09-30T05:00:00030 September 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Shipment ENS 560832022-08-31T05:00:00031 August 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost I-125 Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 560992022-08-23T05:00:00023 August 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Loss of I-125 Brachytherapy Seed ENS 560112022-06-29T05:00:00029 June 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Sources ENS 559512022-06-16T21:00:00016 June 2022 21:00:00 Agreement State Shipment Lost Then Found ENS 538732019-02-13T06:00:00013 February 2019 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Report of Loss of Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 429842006-11-10T06:00:00010 November 2006 06:00:00 Agreement State Shipment of Iodine - 125 Seeds Lost in Transit ENS 411592004-10-29T05:00:00029 October 2004 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report 2025-09-08T05:00:00 | |