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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENS 55367 | 20 July 2021 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Lost Source | The following was received from the Ohio Bureau of Radiation Protection via email: Prime NDT Services, Inc. reported that a 64.7 Ci Ir-192 source was shipped via (the common carrier) on July 12, 2021 from their facility in Strasburg, Ohio to their facility in Michigan. As of July 21, the source has not been delivered by (the common carrier). (The common carrier) is aware of the situation and believes that the package was delayed at their facility. On July 20, (the common carrier) informed Prime NDT Services, Inc. that the package could not be located. The State of Tennessee has been informed. Ohio Item Number: OH210007 Notified DHS SWO, DOE Ops Center, FEMA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, CISA Central, USDA Ops Center, EPA Emergency Ops Center, FDA Emergency Ops Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email).
The following update was received via an email from the Ohio Department of Health Radiation Protection: On July 23, 2021 Prime NDT reported that the source has been located. (The common carrier) indicated that the source was located in their Canton, Ohio facility. Contrary to an earlier report, the source was never transported to (the common carrier) in Memphis, TN. Prime NDT retrieved the source from (the common carrier) facility in Canton. Notified R3DO (Hanna), INES-National Officer (Smith), ILTAB (Richardson), IR MOC (Grant), NMSS Day (Rivera-Capella), NMSS Events Notification (email), CNSC Canada (email), DHS SWO, DOE Ops Center, FEMA Ops Center, HHS Ops Center, CISA Central, USDA Ops Center, EPA Emergency Ops Center, FDA Emergency Ops Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email). THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 2' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 2 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 a short time (minutes to hours). It could possibly be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of hours to days. These sources are typically used in practices such as industrial gamma radiography, high dose rate brachytherapy and medium dose rate brachytherapy. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |