The following information was provided by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
On September 4, 2025, the Agency received a notification from GE Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL, to advise of a radiopharmaceutical package missing in transit. The package was shipped via [common carrier] on Thursday, August 21, 2025, for delivery to Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN. The package contained 1 vial of ln-111 Oxyquinoline product calibrated at 1.0 mCi per vial. There has been no indication that the package was damaged or that the contents were separated from its packaging.
The last tracking information has documented receipt at the [common carrier] Memphis sort facility on Thursday evening August 21, 2025, at 2251 CDT, but after no movement, it is believed this package is lost at the Memphis sort facility. The activity at time of shipment was 4.089 mCi, making it reportable to the NRC within 30 days. Updates will be made as they become available.
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