Event Notification Report for February 02, 2024
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
02/01/2024 - 02/02/2024
EVENT NUMBERS
56947
56947
Agreement State
Event Number: 56947
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: G.E. Healthcare
Region: 3
City: Arlington Heights State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01109-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Licensee: G.E. Healthcare
Region: 3
City: Arlington Heights State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01109-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales
Notification Date: 02/02/2024
Notification Time: 15:00 [ET]
Event Date: 02/02/2024
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/02/2024
Notification Time: 15:00 [ET]
Event Date: 02/02/2024
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 02/02/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Stoedter, Karla (R3DO)
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Stoedter, Karla (R3DO)
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AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST/MISSING SOURCE
The following information was received from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
"The Agency was notified 2/2/24, by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL, (RML IL-01109-01) to advise two radiopharmaceutical packages were missing at the Memphis, TN, [common carrier] hub. The first package contained two shielded vials of iodine-123 (I-123), accounting for 66.8 mCi at the time of shipment. The second package contained 1.0 mCi of indium-111 (In-111); but was located in the [common carrier] facility damaged with the contents missing. [Common carrier] staff advise they are actively searching the facility.
"The first radiopharmaceutical package containing two vials of I-123 (and believed to be intact) was shipped 1/29/24 from Arlington Heights, IL, to Nuclear Diagnostic in Budd Lake, NJ. It was last reported at the [common carrier] hub in Memphis, TN, on 1/29/24. The second package believed to be damaged and within the [common carrier] facility was shipped 1/13/24 from Arlington Heights, IL, to RLS USA in Pittston, PA. Missing is a vial of In-111 Oxyquinoline Solution within a 6-mm thick lead-shielded container. The current activity is estimated to be 19.0 microcuries. If unshielded, this vial would present an exposure rate of approximately 1 millirem per hour at three inches. GE Healthcare has been provided photos and a description of the container and inner product. [Common carrier] staff are currently surveying with radiation detection equipment."
Illinois Item Number: IL24004
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 information was received from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:
"The Agency was notified 2/2/24, by G.E. Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL, (RML IL-01109-01) to advise two radiopharmaceutical packages were missing at the Memphis, TN, [common carrier] hub. The first package contained two shielded vials of iodine-123 (I-123), accounting for 66.8 mCi at the time of shipment. The second package contained 1.0 mCi of indium-111 (In-111); but was located in the [common carrier] facility damaged with the contents missing. [Common carrier] staff advise they are actively searching the facility.
"The first radiopharmaceutical package containing two vials of I-123 (and believed to be intact) was shipped 1/29/24 from Arlington Heights, IL, to Nuclear Diagnostic in Budd Lake, NJ. It was last reported at the [common carrier] hub in Memphis, TN, on 1/29/24. The second package believed to be damaged and within the [common carrier] facility was shipped 1/13/24 from Arlington Heights, IL, to RLS USA in Pittston, PA. Missing is a vial of In-111 Oxyquinoline Solution within a 6-mm thick lead-shielded container. The current activity is estimated to be 19.0 microcuries. If unshielded, this vial would present an exposure rate of approximately 1 millirem per hour at three inches. GE Healthcare has been provided photos and a description of the container and inner product. [Common carrier] staff are currently surveying with radiation detection equipment."
Illinois Item Number: IL24004
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