Event Notification Report for October 24, 2021
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
10/23/2021 - 10/24/2021
EVENT NUMBERS
55646
55646
Agreement State
Event Number: 55646
Rep Org: Minnesota Department of Health
Licensee: Park Nicollette Methodist Hospital
Region: 3
City: St Louis Park State: MN
County:
License #: 1052
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Tyler Kruse
HQ OPS Officer: Brian Lin
Licensee: Park Nicollette Methodist Hospital
Region: 3
City: St Louis Park State: MN
County:
License #: 1052
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Tyler Kruse
HQ OPS Officer: Brian Lin
Notification Date: 12/15/2021
Notification Time: 10:54 [ET]
Event Date: 10/24/2021
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/15/2021
Notification Time: 10:54 [ET]
Event Date: 10/24/2021
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/15/2021
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Skokowski, Richard (R3)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
CNSC (Canada), - (FAX)
Skokowski, Richard (R3)
NMSS_Events_Notification, (EMAIL)
ILTAB, (EMAIL)
CNSC (Canada), - (FAX)
EN Revision Imported Date: 1/14/2022
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST BRACHYTHERAPY SEED
The following information was received from the state of Minnesota via email:
"A 298 æCi I-125 localization seed was lost in the licensee's pathology department after removal. The seed was confirmed missing on October 24, 2021 when paperwork and inventories confirmed it was not returned to the Nuclear Medicine Department."
MN incident no.: MN210008
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
EN Revision Text: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST BRACHYTHERAPY SEED
The following information was received from the state of Minnesota via email:
"A 298 æCi I-125 localization seed was lost in the licensee's pathology department after removal. The seed was confirmed missing on October 24, 2021 when paperwork and inventories confirmed it was not returned to the Nuclear Medicine Department."
MN incident no.: MN210008
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