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