Event Notification Report for April 23, 2018
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
04/22/2018 - 04/23/2018
EVENT NUMBERS
53359
Agreement State
Event Number: 53359
Rep Org: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL
Licensee: CARDINAL HEALTH
Region: 1
City: JACKSONVILLE State: FL
County:
License #: 3453-6
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: RENO FABII
HQ OPS Officer: DONALD NORWOOD
Licensee: CARDINAL HEALTH
Region: 1
City: JACKSONVILLE State: FL
County:
License #: 3453-6
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: RENO FABII
HQ OPS Officer: DONALD NORWOOD
Notification Date: 04/23/2018
Notification Time: 10:34 [ET]
Event Date: 04/23/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 04/23/2018
Notification Time: 10:34 [ET]
Event Date: 04/23/2018
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 04/23/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
Person (Organization):
JON LILLIENDAHL (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
JON LILLIENDAHL (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TECHNICIUM-99
The following is a synopsis of information received via E-mail:
St. Vincent Medical Center in Fernandina Beach, Florida (License Number: 0014-8) received five (5) doses of Technicium-99 on the morning of April 16, 2018 from Cardinal Health in Jacksonville, Florida. Portions of the dose were used on patients. Later that day, the remainder of the unused doses were placed in a 'lock box' which was located outside the building. The doses were to be picked up and returned to Cardinal Health. This morning, April 23, 2018, the driver from Cardinal Health went to retrieve the doses and found the lock box had been broken into and the Tc-99 doses had been removed. The Fernandina Police were notified (report #2018-00007035).
The activity of the Tc-99 is estimated to be 30 to 40 mCi.
Florida Incident Number: FL18-053
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
The following is a synopsis of information received via E-mail:
St. Vincent Medical Center in Fernandina Beach, Florida (License Number: 0014-8) received five (5) doses of Technicium-99 on the morning of April 16, 2018 from Cardinal Health in Jacksonville, Florida. Portions of the dose were used on patients. Later that day, the remainder of the unused doses were placed in a 'lock box' which was located outside the building. The doses were to be picked up and returned to Cardinal Health. This morning, April 23, 2018, the driver from Cardinal Health went to retrieve the doses and found the lock box had been broken into and the Tc-99 doses had been removed. The Fernandina Police were notified (report #2018-00007035).
The activity of the Tc-99 is estimated to be 30 to 40 mCi.
Florida Incident Number: FL18-053
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