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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 57236 | 23 July 2024 11:30:00 | Agreement State | Fire in Equipment Containing Radioactive Material | The following information was provided by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LA DEQ) via email: This event is considered (an) equipment fire. The licensee had a vent hood equipment electrical fire. The fire occurred at 0630 (CDT) on July 23, 2024. The event was not reported until 1445 on July 23, 2024. The vent contained radioactive material waste. The majority of the waste was radioactive iodine. This event is under investigation and (LA DEQ) will have an inspector sent out. According to the licensee, there was no release. All material in the vent hood remained intact. The local fire department was called out to the location to put out the fire. LA DEQ Event Report Number: LA20240008 | ||
| ENS 55307 | 23 May 2021 16:28:00 | Agreement State | Package Lost in Transit | The following was received from the Colorado Department of Health via email: A package of radium-223 (Xofigo) was lost in transit. The package was shipped on 5/22/21 containing 112.4 microCi radium-223. The final destination of the package was Saint Paul, MN; however, the last scan of the package by (the common carrier) was on 5/23/21 in Memphis, TN. Cardinal Health notified the Colorado radioactive materials unit on 6/11/21 that a package was missing and provided additional information (including isotope, activity, assay date, and tracking number) on 6/15/21. The activity of the package as of 6/11/21 (initial report date to Colorado) was approximately 33.5 microCi. Event Report ID No.: CO210016 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 | ||
| ENS 53958 | 22 March 2019 06:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost and Found Ra-223 Package | The following was received via e-mail: The Department (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) received an e-mail notification on March 25, 2019, from Cardinal Health reporting a lost and found package of Ra-223. On March 22, 2019, the package was suspected to have fallen out of a (common carrier) truck and onto a member of the public's lawn located a few blocks away from the Cardinal Health Facility. The member of the public returned the package to the doorstep of Cardinal Health later that day (3/22/19). No signs of damage to the package were identified. Cardinal Health performed wipes for removable contamination and exposure rate surveys and determined there was no outer or inner contamination and all of the safety seals remained intact. More details are forthcoming. The activity of the shipment is unknown at this time, however, it is assumed to be less than CAT 3. The State of Colorado will update the event when the activity has been determined. Colorado Event Report No: CO190005 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 | ||
| ENS 53886 | 11 February 2019 07:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost Package Containing Ra-223 | The following report was received from the State of Colorado via email: On February 14th, 2019, a written report was received from Cardinal Health detailing the events of a lost package containing 180.3 microCi (shipped activity) Ra-223. The package was lost in transit on February 11th, the intended recipient was in Savannah, GA. The courier for the package was a (Common Carrier). A search by the (Common Carrier) located the package on the side of the road on February 12th in the Savannah, GA area. Regional Cardinal Health technicians were dispatched to the found package and determined that the transport index was as expected and the package indicated no removable contamination. Cardinal Health took possession of the package for decay-in-storage. CO Event Report ID No.: CO190002 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 | ||
| ENS 53530 | 24 July 2018 06:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Lost Package of Radioactive Material | The following information was received from the State of Colorado via email: Cardinal Health 414, LLC reported a lost package of Ra-223 in transit via (a common carrier). The amount shipped was 11.4075 MBq (0.3083 mCi). The intended destination was Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. (The common carrier) is currently investigating the location of the package. Colorado Event Report ID No.: CO180014 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 | ||
| ENS 53199 | 7 February 2018 21:24:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Package Arrived with Surface Contamination | The following was received from the State of Colorado via email: Red Rocks Radiation Oncology received a package of Ra-223 Xofigo that had removable contamination levels of approximately 23,000 cpm on the outside of the package. The Ra-223 package was delivered by a Cardinal courier from the Cardinal Health facility in Denver, CO which distributes all radiopharmaceuticals (license CO 392-03 is the Cardinal Health license for general radiopharmaceuticals, they share the same building as CO 1219-01). The inner packaging of the Ra-223 shipment did not evidence removable contamination, nor did the car used to transport the Ra-223 package. Cardinal Health has received the wipes and decontamination waste from Red Rocks Radiation Oncology to attempt to determine the isotope causing the removable contamination. The investigation is currently ongoing. Event Report ID No.: CO180003 |