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The following information was received fro … The following information was received from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program via email:</br>The licensee reported at 1143 EDT on March 31, 2021 that it discovered on the same day (March 31, 2021) at 1044 EDT that a package (Yellow-II, T.I. 0.5, Type B, UN 2916) containing one sealed source (Iridium-192;105.2 Curies) in a model 880 radiography exposure device (was missing in transit).</br>The package was shipped by QSA Global, Inc. on March 26, 2021 for shipment to their customer, Acuren Inspections, Inc. in Corpus Christi, TX. The package was last tracked by (the common carrier) in Memphis, TN on March 30, 2021, but there has been no (package) movement since March 27, 2021. (The common carrier) initiated a trace on the package on March 31, 2021. On March 31, 2021 at 1143 EDT, QSA Global, Inc. reported the event to the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program.</br>The reporting requirement is immediate and is 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. The four-hour reporting requirement of 105 CMR 120.077(B), missing shipment of Category 2 quantity of radioactive material, also applies.</br>The Agency (Massachusetts Radiation Control Program) considers this event to be open.</br>Notified: DHS SWO, DOE Operations Center, FEMA Operations Center, HHS Operations Center, CISA Central, USDA Operations Center, EPA Emergency Operations Center, FDA Emergency Operations Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</br>* * * UPDATE ON 4/7/2021 AT 0905 EDT FROM BOB LOCKE TO BRIAN LIN * * *</br>Licensee reports that it was notified at 1601 EDT on April 6, 2021 that the package had been delivered to its intended destination undamaged.</br>Notified R1DO (WERKHEISER), NMSS (RIVERA-CAPELLA), IR MOC (KENNEDY), and ILTAB (RICHARDSON) and via email NMSS EVENTS NOTIFICATION and INES NATIONAL OFFICER (MILLIGAN). Also notified DHS-SWO, FEMA-OC, USDA-OC, HHS-OC, DOE-OC, DHS CISA Central, and EPA-EOC and via email FDA-EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA-NWC, and CWMD-Watch Desk.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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The following information was received fro … The following information was received from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program via email:</br>The licensee reported at 1143 EDT on March 31, 2021 that it discovered on the same day (March 31, 2021) at 1044 EDT that a package (Yellow-II, T.I. 0.5, Type B, UN 2916) containing one sealed source (Iridium-192;105.2 Curies) in a model 880 radiography exposure device (was missing in transit).</br>The package was shipped by QSA Global, Inc. on March 26, 2021 for shipment to their customer, Acuren Inspections, Inc. in Corpus Christi, TX. The package was last tracked by (the common carrier) in Memphis, TN on March 30, 2021, but there has been no (package) movement since March 27, 2021. (The common carrier) initiated a trace on the package on March 31, 2021. On March 31, 2021 at 1143 EDT, QSA Global, Inc. reported the event to the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program.</br>The reporting requirement is immediate and is 105 CMR 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. The four-hour reporting requirement of 105 CMR 120.077(B), missing shipment of Category 2 quantity of radioactive material, also applies.</br>The Agency (Massachusetts Radiation Control Program) considers this event to be open.</br>Notified: DHS SWO, DOE Operations Center, FEMA Operations Center, HHS Operations Center, CISA Central, USDA Operations Center, EPA Emergency Operations Center, FDA Emergency Operations Center (email), FEMA NWC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), and FEMA NRCC SASC (email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</br>* * * UPDATE ON 4/7/2021 AT 0905 EDT FROM BOB LOCKE TO BRIAN LIN * * *</br>Licensee reports that it was notified at 1601 EDT on April 6, 2021 that the package had been delivered to its intended destination undamaged.</br>Notified R1DO (WERKHEISER), NMSS (RIVERA-CAPELLA), IR MOC (KENNEDY), and ILTAB (RICHARDSON) and via email NMSS EVENTS NOTIFICATION and INES NATIONAL OFFICER (MILLIGAN). Also notified DHS-SWO, FEMA-OC, USDA-OC, HHS-OC, DOE-OC, DHS CISA Central, and EPA-EOC and via email FDA-EOC, Nuclear SSA, FEMA-NWC, and CWMD-Watch Desk.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "CATEGORY 2" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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