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The following is a summary of a report received via phone: On February 25, 2021, the licensee did not receive a shipment of three Cs-137 Brachytherapy sources with an aggregate quantity of 42.9 mCi (activities: 8.8 mCi, 8.7 mCi, and 25.4 mCi). The licensee reached out to the common carrier, who stated that it was still at their Memphis, TN distribution center and delayed due to the ice storm. The licensee has contacted the common carrier a number of times, with the last one taking place on March 18, 2021. The common carrier states they are still looking for the shipment package.

• * * UPDATE ON MARCH 29, 2021 AT 1908 EDT FROM TOM CLAWSON TO BRIAN P. SMITH * * *

The following update is a summary of a report received via phone: On March 29, 2021, the licensee notified the Headquarters Operations Officer that the common carrier had located the licensee's sources that had been lost and shipped them back to the licensee. The licensee has receipted the sources back into their inventory. The common carrier recovered the lost sources on March 23, 2021. Notified NMSS Events Notification (email), R4DO (Alexander), ILTAB (email), and R1DO (Janda). 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