ENS Event | |
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06:00 May 7, 2025 | |
| Title | Lost Brachytherapy Seed |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment via email:
On May 30, 2025, the radiation safety officer (RSO) at HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge notified the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment via phone call that a prostate brachytherapy seed containing 2.5 mCi of palladium-103 was discovered to be missing during the licensee's inventory. The inventory was conducted on May 7, 2025, but the actual date of loss is unknown. Colorado Event Number: CO250015 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 |
| Where | |
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| Hca Healthone Sky Ridge Lone Tree, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | CO 1053-01 |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+657.32 h27.388 days <br />3.913 weeks <br />0.9 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Maggie Schnettler 15:19 Jun 3, 2025 |
| NRC Officer: | Ernest West |
| Last Updated: | Jun 3, 2025 |
| 57738 - NRC Website | |
Hca Healthone Sky Ridge with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Lost Brachytherapy Seed 2025-05-07T06:00:00 | |