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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via facsimile:</br>On June 1, 2016, the licensee notified the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) that one of its shipments was involved in a transportation accident. A carrier was transporting two type A packages, each containing a vial of fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18), 10 mCi, when it was involved in an accident on an unreported freeway. Emergency responders arrived at the scene, the driver was taken to a hospital. The vehicle was cleared from the roadway. It is uncertain at this time where the vehicle or the packages are located. The licensee is obtaining information to recover the radioactive materials. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300.</br>Texas Incident #: I 9408</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1703 EDT ON 6/1/16 FROM ART TUCKER TO JEFF HERRERA * * * </br>The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:</br>Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) received call 1529 CDT from licensee. He informed us (Texas) that the packages were intact, not damaged, and recovered from the accident vehicle. The packages are currently located at the original pharmacy location in Dallas. The vial activity amount was 15 mCi each instead of the reported 10 mCi. The licensee stated that since the driver was not his employee he could not obtain information on the driver. </br>The packages were intact and no exposures occurred.</br>Notified the R4DO (Deese), NMSS Events, and Mexico (via email).</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1023 EDT ON 6/28/2016 FROM ART TUCKER TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *</br>The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:</br>On June 23, 2016, the licensee provided updated information to the Agency (Texas Department of Health Services). This information stated the activity of the radionuclide was 62 and 56 millicuries instead of the 15 millicuries previously reported.</br>Notified the R4DO (Hipschman), NMSS Events Resource (via e-mail) and Mexico (via e-mail).</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via facsimile:</br>On June 1, 2016, the licensee notified the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) that one of its shipments was involved in a transportation accident. A carrier was transporting two type A packages, each containing a vial of fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18), 10 mCi, when it was involved in an accident on an unreported freeway. Emergency responders arrived at the scene, the driver was taken to a hospital. The vehicle was cleared from the roadway. It is uncertain at this time where the vehicle or the packages are located. The licensee is obtaining information to recover the radioactive materials. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300.</br>Texas Incident #: I 9408</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1703 EDT ON 6/1/16 FROM ART TUCKER TO JEFF HERRERA * * * </br>The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:</br>Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) received call 1529 CDT from licensee. He informed us (Texas) that the packages were intact, not damaged, and recovered from the accident vehicle. The packages are currently located at the original pharmacy location in Dallas. The vial activity amount was 15 mCi each instead of the reported 10 mCi. The licensee stated that since the driver was not his employee he could not obtain information on the driver. </br>The packages were intact and no exposures occurred.</br>Notified the R4DO (Deese), NMSS Events, and Mexico (via email).</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1023 EDT ON 6/28/2016 FROM ART TUCKER TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *</br>The following report was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services via email:</br>On June 23, 2016, the licensee provided updated information to the Agency (Texas Department of Health Services). This information stated the activity of the radionuclide was 62 and 56 millicuries instead of the 15 millicuries previously reported.</br>Notified the R4DO (Hipschman), NMSS Events Resource (via e-mail) and Mexico (via e-mail).</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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