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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via phone and email:</br>On 10/4/2024, at 1244 EDT, QSA Global, Inc. (license number 12-8361) was notified that a package containing a 109.1 Ci Ir-192 sealed source in a type B package was missing in transit and notified the Agency at 1315 EDT on the same day. The following information was provided at the time of notification:</br>Isotope: Ir-192 </br>Source Serial Number: 97855M</br>Form: Sealed source</br>Activity (at time of shipment): 109.1 Ci</br>Container Model Number: 650L</br>Container Serial Number: 1063 </br>Transportation Index: 0.6</br>Shipping Date: 9/13/24</br>Last Known Location: (Common carrier) hub in Memphis, TN</br>The reporting requirement is immediate and is required by 105 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. </br>The Agency considers this event to be open.</br>The following additional information was obtained from the Agreement State in accordance with Headquarters Operations Officers Report Guidance:</br>The last physical scan was on 9/17/24, at 1403 EDT, in Memphis, TN. The recipient reached out to the common carrier on 10/1/24 asking to track the package. The response from the common carrier was that they were experiencing high volume and the package was waiting to be cleared in customs. The recipient followed up again on 10/4/24, at 0928 EDT, asking for an update, and received an update at 1108 EDT stating that they could not locate the package. The Agency has contacted the State of Tennessee regarding this event.</br>Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1308 EDT ON OCTOBER 8, 2024 FROM BOB LOCKE TO BRIAN P. SMITH * * *</br>The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email:</br>At 1108 EDT on October 8, 2024, the missing package was delivered undamaged to the intended recipient. The Agency considers this event closed.</br>Notified R1DO (Arner), IR (Grant), NMSS (Fisher), ILTAB (Brown), INES (Smith), NMSS Events Notification.</br>Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</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 provided by … The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via phone and email:</br>On 10/4/2024, at 1244 EDT, QSA Global, Inc. (license number 12-8361) was notified that a package containing a 109.1 Ci Ir-192 sealed source in a type B package was missing in transit and notified the Agency at 1315 EDT on the same day. The following information was provided at the time of notification:</br>Isotope: Ir-192 </br>Source Serial Number: 97855M</br>Form: Sealed source</br>Activity (at time of shipment): 109.1 Ci</br>Container Model Number: 650L</br>Container Serial Number: 1063 </br>Transportation Index: 0.6</br>Shipping Date: 9/13/24</br>Last Known Location: (Common carrier) hub in Memphis, TN</br>The reporting requirement is immediate and is required by 105 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C. </br>The Agency considers this event to be open.</br>The following additional information was obtained from the Agreement State in accordance with Headquarters Operations Officers Report Guidance:</br>The last physical scan was on 9/17/24, at 1403 EDT, in Memphis, TN. The recipient reached out to the common carrier on 10/1/24 asking to track the package. The response from the common carrier was that they were experiencing high volume and the package was waiting to be cleared in customs. The recipient followed up again on 10/4/24, at 0928 EDT, asking for an update, and received an update at 1108 EDT stating that they could not locate the package. The Agency has contacted the State of Tennessee regarding this event.</br>Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</br>* * * UPDATE AT 1308 EDT ON OCTOBER 8, 2024 FROM BOB LOCKE TO BRIAN P. SMITH * * *</br>The following information was provided by the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email:</br>At 1108 EDT on October 8, 2024, the missing package was delivered undamaged to the intended recipient. The Agency considers this event closed.</br>Notified R1DO (Arner), IR (Grant), NMSS (Fisher), ILTAB (Brown), INES (Smith), NMSS Events Notification.</br>Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Ops Ctr, CISA CWO, USDA Watch Officer, HHS Ops Ctr, DOE Ops Ctr, EPA Emergency Ops Ctr, FDA EOC (email), DHS Nuclear SSA (email), FEMA National Watch Center(email), CWMD Watch Desk (email).</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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