Event Notification Report for July 22, 2022
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/21/2022 - 07/22/2022
Agreement State
Event Number: 55995
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: GE Healthcare
Region: 3
City: Arlington Heights State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01109-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Zach Mengel
HQ OPS Officer: Brian P. Smith
Notification Date: 07/15/2022
Notification Time: 15:21 [ET]
Event Date: 07/13/2022
Event Time: 20:22 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/15/2022
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Kozak, Laura (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
Bickett, Brice (R1DO)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SOURCES
The following report was received by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency [the Agency] via email:
"The Agency was contacted 7/15/22 by GE Healthcare (RML, IL-01109-01) to advise that a radiopharmaceutical package containing two vials of Iodine-123 had not arrived at an Atlanta, Georgia radiopharmacy as scheduled. The package contained two vials of Iodine-123, each with an activity of 32 millicuries at the time of shipment (shipment date 7/13/22). The last confirmed scan was 7/13/22 at 2022 [EDT] at the Atlanta Airport. The package now contains approximately 3.3 millicuries. The licensee is in continuous communication with the carrier, who is still actively searching for the package. This matter has a 30-day reporting requirement to the USNRC and was phoned into the NRC HOO. There is no indication of intentional theft or diversion and the contents would not be useful for illicit intent. Updates will be provided as they become available."
Illinois Event Number IL220024
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