ENS Event | |
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05:00 Dec 2, 2025 | |
| Title | Missing Source |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Virginia Radioactive Materials Program (VRMP) via email:
On January 26, 2026, VRMP was contacted by Elekta, Inc (Georgia license number 1153-1, working under reciprocity in Virgina) to report a missing Ir-192 high dose rate source. The source serial number is D36R4778 and the activity [as of January 26, 2026, is calculated to be] 878 mCi. The source is reported to have been picked up by the [common carrier] on November 27, 2025, from Virgina licensee Sentara Health. Sentara Health initiated a [common carrier] case on December 2, 2025. Elekta notified the State of Georgia on December 14, 2025. VRMP contacted the radiation safety officer (RSO) at Sentara regarding the failure to report the missing source and the RSO indicated they had not been notified by their oncology department that the source was missing. VRMP confirmed with the [common carrier] that the source has not been located as of January 26, 2026. VRMP will continue the investigation. Virginia event report ID number: VA260001
The following is a summary of information provided by VRMP via email: The source has been located at a common carrier processing center in Emporia, VA. The source remained at the Emporia facility because the common carrier was restructuring their express and ground shipping process. It was also discovered that the source was actually picked up by the common carrier from the licensee on October 27, 2025, earlier than initially reported, and taken from there to the common carrier processing center in Emporia. The package will be delivered to the original consignee. Notified R1DO (Bickett), NMSS Events Notification (email), 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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| Sentara Health Suffolk, Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 650-187-1 |
| Organization: | Virginia Rad Materials Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1333.13 h55.547 days <br />7.935 weeks <br />1.826 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Sheila Nelson 18:08 Jan 26, 2026 |
| NRC Officer: | Kerby Scales |
| Last Updated: | Jan 30, 2026 |
| 58128 - NRC Website | |
Sentara Health with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 581282025-12-02T05:00:0002 December 2025 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Missing Source 2025-12-02T05:00:00 | |