The following report was received from the
Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the Agency) via email:
On 12/10/2024, at around 1500 EST, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (license number 60-0088) was notified that a package containing a 1 Ci Mo-99/Tc-99m generator in a type B package was missing in transit and notified the Agency at 1545 on the same day.
The reporting requirement is immediate per 105 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 120.281(A)(1), missing licensed radioactive materials in aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times quantity specified in 105 CMR 120.297, Appendix C.
The Agency considers this event to be open.
Generator Model: Technelite-LEU 37.0 GBq Domestic
Generator Serial Number: B338411A04
Shipped to Southwest Health Systems in Cortez, Colorado.
Deemed lost by common carrier on 12/10/2024. The most recent reported location was Memphis, TN.
Activity: 37 Gbq, Mo-99/Tc-99m
Calibration date: 12/03/2024
Shipped as Yellow III, TI of 1.3
- * * UPDATE ON 12/11/2024 AT 1335 EST FROM ROBERT LOCKE TO JORDAN WINGATE * * *
At 1318 EST on 12/11/2024, the licensee reported that the missing package had been delivered to its intended destination. The Agency considers this event closed.
Notified R1DO (Jackson), NMSS Events Notification (email), and ILTAB (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