ENS 57713

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Apr 25, 2025
Title	Source Lost During Shipment
Event Description	The following information was provided by the licensee via phone: A 0.182 TBq Ir-192 sealed source was lost in shipment by a common carrier. The package, a UN3332 Type A container with overpack, was picked up by the common carrier on April 25, 2025. The carrier's origin and interim sorting facilities have been searched and failed to locate the package. A search is on-going at the carrier's central sorting facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The source was in the process of being shipped to the source supplier in Vinton, LA for disposition. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 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 some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

ENS 57713 +/-
Where
Varian Medical Dover, Delaware (NRC Region 1)
License number:	45-30957-01
Organization:	Varian Medical Systems
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+514.75 h21.448 days <br />3.064 weeks <br />0.705 months <br />)
Opened:	Atul Vaid 14:45 May 16, 2025
NRC Officer:	Robert A. Thompson
Last Updated:	May 16, 2025
57713 - NRC Website
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Varian Medical with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i)
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