ENS Event | |
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07:00 May 4, 2022 | |
| Title | Lost GD-153 Line Sources |
| Event Description | The following was received from the California Department of Public Health, Radiologic Health Branch via email:
On May 4, 2022, the Radiation Safety Officer for Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products, Inc. (EZIP) contacted Los Angeles County Radiation Management regarding two missing sources. Pennsylvania licensee Abington Jefferson Health, located in North Wales, PA, shipped a package on October 21, 2021, and [the common carrier] tracking information indicated the package was delivered to EZIP with no receipt signature on October 22, 2021. Abington Jefferson Health contacted EZIP on November 10, 2021, requesting a receipt for confirmation of the returned sources. The sources were two gadolinium-153 line sources, with approximately 13 millicuries (mCi) each (greater than 1000 times the Appendix C value of 10 microCi). EZIP did not have a record of receipt of the package, and a search of the EZIP facility did not find the sources. The notification to Los Angeles County Radiation Management by EZIP was delayed due to confusion by EZIP regarding whether the package had been returned to Abington Jefferson Health by [the common carrier]. 5010 Number: 050422 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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| Eckert And Ziegler Isotope Products Inc. Valencia, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 1509-19 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+13.78 h0.574 days <br />0.082 weeks <br />0.0189 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | L. Robert Greger 20:47 May 4, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Ossy Font |
| Last Updated: | May 4, 2022 |
| 55877 - NRC Website | |
Eckert And Ziegler Isotope Products Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 558772022-05-04T07:00:0004 May 2022 07:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost GD-153 Line Sources 2022-05-04T07:00:00 | |