The following information was provided by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
On December 14, 2023, the Agency was contacted by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL (IL-01109-01) to advise of a radiopharmaceutical package missing in transit. The last known location was the Memphis, TN [common carrier] hub where it was scanned on December 12, 2023. The carrier has declared the package lost. This package does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion.
The subject package is 16 centimeters square, labeled Yellow-II (TI of 0.1), UN2915 and contains a single 3 mL shielded vial of In-111. The activity was 5.210 millicuries at the time of shipment but has since decayed to approximately 1.154 millicuries. It was offered for shipment on December 8, 2023, for delivery to a customer in Clovis, CA on December 11, 2023. Upon failure to arrive, the licensee contacted the carrier and was informed the package was currently unaccounted for.
Item Number: IL230035
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
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