Event Notification Report for June 07, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
06/06/2022 - 06/07/2022
Agreement State
Event Number: 55885
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: G.E. Healthcare DBA/ Medi+Physics
Region: 3
City: Arlington Heights State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01109-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font
Notification Date: 05/06/2022
Notification Time: 16:36 [ET]
Event Date: 05/05/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 06/06/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Hills, David (R3DO)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
Lally, Christopher (R1DO)
Event Text
EN Revision Imported Date: 6/7/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGE
The following was received from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the agency) via email:
"The Agency was contacted on 5/5/22, by GE Healthcare to advise that a radiopharmaceutical package was damaged in transit and reported as lost at the carrier's facility. GE Healthcare reports the 6 inch x 6 inch package (UN2915, Type A Package, Yellow II, TI 0.1) was shipped from Arlington Heights, IL to Richland, MS on 5/3/22. The package contained a lead shielded container with 1.956 mCi of In-111 (activity at the time of shipment on 5/3/22). The package reportedly arrived in one piece at the [common carrier's] Memphis hub on 5/3/22. On 5/5/22, the carrier advised the licensee that they had found the damaged package at their Memphis hub with its inner contents missing. Dangerous Goods is currently working with the shipper and conducting a search of the facility. The package now contains approximately 1.2 mCi [of In-111].
"There is no indication of intentional theft or diversion, and the contents would not be useful for illicit intent.
"This matter has a 30-day reporting requirement to the US NRC. Updates will be provided as they become available."
Item Number: IL220015
* * * UPDATE ON 6/6/22 AT 1106 FROM GARY FORSEE TO KERBY SCALES * * *
The following was received from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the agency) via email:
"On 6/6/22, the licensee provided the required written report. The carrier has not provided any updates and the package is still lost. At this point, the radioactive material has decayed to less than 0.5 uCi. Pending no additional developments, this matter is considered closed."
Notified R3DO (Szwarc) and R1DO (Grieves), and NMSS Event Notifications and ILTAB via 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
Agreement State
Event Number: 55919
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: Mid America Dredging
Region: 3
City: Good Hope State: IL
County:
License #: 9223884
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Brian Lin
Notification Date: 05/31/2022
Notification Time: 09:55 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/31/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Szwarc, Dariusz (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Roldan-Otero, Lizette (R4DO)
Event Text
EN Revision Imported Date: 6/2/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST GAUGE LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA
The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA, The Agency) via email:
"On 05/17/22, a shipment of scrap metal being hauled from Sallisaw, OK to Rogers, AR tripped a portal monitor at the receiving recycling company. It was returned to Oklahoma under DOT-SP AR-OK-22-007. The load was surveyed once returned to Oklahoma and a Thermo Measure Tech model 5201 fixed gauge containing 50 mCi of Cs-137 (s/n B4473) was identified.
"The gauge has since been isolated in a drum and secured in a shed at the Oklahoma recycling facility. Efforts to identify the owner resulted in a call from Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (OK DEQ) to the Illinois program on 5/27/22. IEMA staff were able to identify Mid America Dredging in Good Hope, IL as the owner. Mid America Dredging is registered with the Agency under #9223884 and last reported the gauge as present on 2/15/22.
"Agency staff requested the licensee confirm the gauge was on site and send pictures. Apparently, the `device' the registrant has been exercising control over since 2015 was the outer housing for the gauge which may have a secondary label according to the Sealed Source and Device (SSD) sheet. The licensee suspects the gauge was inadvertently disposed of or abandoned during work in Sallisaw, OK in or around 2015.
"IEMA will address noncompliance with the registrant. This device is generally licensed and registered under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 330.220(a)(4). Due to the activity involved, any loss, theft or diversion is immediately reportable under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1210(a). The registrant did not report, nor was seemingly aware of the loss.
"OK DEQ notified the Headquarters Operations Officer on 5/18/22, and provided an update on 5/27/22. This NMED entry is made to document IEMA actions and track until the gauge is properly returned and/or disposed of. Updates will be provided as they become available."
Reference Event Number 55900 for the initial notification from OK DEQ to the NRC.
Agreement State
Event Number: 55920
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: Northwest Community Hospital
Region: 3
City: Arlington Heights State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01094-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font
Notification Date: 05/31/2022
Notification Time: 17:10 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/31/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Szwarc, Dariusz (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Williams, Kevin (NMSS)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DOSE TO EMBRYO/FETUS
The following was received from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) via email:
"The RSO [(Radiation Safety Officer)] for the licensee contacted IEMA to report that on March 2, 2022, a patient was administered a 100 mCi I-131 dose. A pregnancy test was performed in advance of the administration and indicated negative (not pregnant). On April 13, 2022, the RSO received a call notifying him the patient was determined to be 7 days pregnant when the administration occurred. The patient was informed and returned to the hospital to do a whole-body count as a means to estimate biological half-life. The licensee has calculated upwards of 20 microCi of I-131 was retained by week eleven of the pregnancy and 75 percent was taken up by the fetus. Dose prior to eleven weeks was reportedly estimated as that to the maternal uterus (ICRP 88 states this is accurate to 8 weeks). It is unclear if the calculation methodology used was consistent with RG 8.36 (NUREG/CR-5631) or ICRP 88 but will be reviewed when staff investigate.
"The licensee is estimating the dose to the fetus through 12 weeks of development as 266 mGy (26.6 rads)."
Illinois Item Number: IL220018
Agreement State
Event Number: 55921
Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm
Licensee: Alta California Geotechnical, Inc.
Region: 4
City: Corona State: CA
County:
License #: 7824-33
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Donald Oesterle
HQ OPS Officer: Ossy Font
Notification Date: 05/31/2022
Notification Time: 18:51 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2022
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 05/31/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Roldan-Otero, Lizette (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
CNSNS (Mexico), - (EMAIL)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following was received from the California Department of Public Health via email:
"On May 31, 2022, the RSO of Alta California Geotechnical, Inc. (Alta), contacted the Brea office of the California Department of Public Health to report a stolen moisture density gauge. The gauge was a CPN model MC-3 S/N M3811862 (10 mCi Cs-137, 50 mCi Am-241:Be). On May 27, at approximately 1700 PDT, the gauge was placed in a locked Mobile Mini (temporary storage) container in a fenced (also locked) area of the construction site in Jurupa Valley, California. The theft occurred sometime between Friday, May 27 and Tuesday, May 31. When Alta personnel arrived at the construction site at approximately 0500 PDT Tuesday morning, they discovered that the storage container lock (a hidden shank/"hockey puck" style) was drilled through and the locked transportation case containing the gauge was removed, along with other equipment. Alta personnel searched the surrounding area until approximately 0630 PDT and then contacted the Riverside County Sheriff to report the theft. The licensee's investigation into this event is ongoing and will be reviewed further by the California Department of Public Health."
5010 Number: 053122
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