ENS 56341
ENS Event | |
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06:00 Feb 6, 2023 | |
| Title | Lost Brachytherapy Seeds |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Division of Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Material Branch (DNS-RAM) via email:
DNS-RAM was notified on 2/6/23, by Bard Brachytherapy (IL-02062-01) that a package of radioactive brachytherapy seeds was lost while in the care of a common carrier. The package was shipped on 2/3/2023, from the licensee's facility in Carol Stream, IL to Centrum Radiotherapie in Kortrijk, Belgium. Total package activity at the time of shipment was 65.62 millicuries of I-125 (ninety STM-1251 seeds, each at 0.430 millicuries). DNS-RAM is currently seeking updated information on the last reported location of the package - which is believed to have been in South Africa. This does not represent a significant public safety hazard and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion. Updates will be provided as they become available. Illinois Event Number: IL230003
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Division of Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Material Branch (DNS-RAM) via email: Licensee advised this morning that the package has been located. Updates will be provided as they become available. Notified R3DO (Szwarc), NMSS Events Notification, and ILTAB (email). 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* * * UPDATE ON {DATE} AT {TIME} FROM {LICENSEE} TO {HOO} * * * |
| Where | |
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| Bard Brachytherapy Carol Stream, Illinois (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | IL-02062-01 |
| Organization: | Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+29.75 h1.24 days <br />0.177 weeks <br />0.0408 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gary Forsee 11:45 Feb 7, 2023 |
| NRC Officer: | Adam Koziol |
| Last Updated: | Feb 9, 2023 |
| 56341 - NRC Website
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Bard Brachytherapy with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 571932024-06-25T05:00:00025 June 2024 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Broken Brachytherapy Seed ENS 571272024-05-13T05:00:00013 May 2024 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Brachytherapy Seed ENS 563412023-02-06T06:00:0006 February 2023 06:00:00 Agreement State Lost Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 561812022-10-25T05:00:00025 October 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Shipments ENS 561452022-09-30T05:00:00030 September 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Shipment ENS 560832022-08-31T05:00:00031 August 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost I-125 Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 560992022-08-23T05:00:00023 August 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Loss of I-125 Brachytherapy Seed ENS 560112022-06-29T05:00:00029 June 2022 05:00:00 Agreement State Lost Sources ENS 559512022-06-16T21:00:00016 June 2022 21:00:00 Agreement State Shipment Lost Then Found ENS 538732019-02-13T06:00:00013 February 2019 06:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Report of Loss of Brachytherapy Seeds ENS 429842006-11-10T06:00:00010 November 2006 06:00:00 Agreement State Shipment of Iodine - 125 Seeds Lost in Transit ENS 411592004-10-29T05:00:00029 October 2004 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report 2024-06-25T05:00:00 | |