ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jul 21, 2022 | |
| Title | Lost Radiopharmaceutical Packages |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency), via email:
The Agency was notified on July 21, 2022, by GE Healthcare that four distinct packages (different shipments) were declared as lost while in the care of a common carrier. All four packages contained millicurie quantities of radiopharmaceuticals and were labeled Yellow-II and were last known to be at the carrier's shipping hub in Memphis, TN. All packages were labeled Yellow-II and shipped in a 16cm x 16cm corrugated box from the licensee's facility in Arlington Heights, IL. Package 1 was shipped July 12, 2022, and contained 14.268 mCi of I-123, in route to New Hampshire. Package 2 was shipped July 14, 2022, and contained 4.089 mCi of In-111, in route to California. Package 3 was shipped July 14, 2022, and contained 12.268 mCi of In-111, in route to Florida. Package 4 was shipped July 20, 2022 and contained 0.941 mCi of In-111, in route to Florida. NOTE: The box for Package 4 was located, but its contents are missing. The licensee made timely notification to the Agency. Tennessee program staff will be notified as well. Item Number: IL220025 THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Category 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Category 3 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 some hours. It could possibly - although it is unlikely - be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks. These sources are typically used in practices such as fixed industrial gauges involving high activity sources (for example: level gauges, dredger gauges, conveyor gauges and spinning pipe gauges) and well logging. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| G.E. Healthcare Dba/ Medi+Physics Arlington Heights, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-01109-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.22 h0.468 days <br />0.0668 weeks <br />0.0154 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gary Forsee 16:13 Jul 21, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Karen Cotton-Gross |
| Last Updated: | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 56009 - NRC Website | |
G.E. Healthcare Dba/ Medi+Physics with Agreement State | |
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