Missing I-125 Package -Reply

[Jim Hardeman <Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us>]

The following is from today's (June 6, 1997) NRC Daily Event
Report.

Jim Hardeman, Manager
Environmental Radiation Program
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
4244 International Parkway, Suite 114
Atlanta, GA 30354
(404) 362-2675  fax: (404) 362-2653
Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us

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+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER      |              |EVENT
NUMBER:  32437   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|LICENSEE: MT. SINAI HOSPITAL                   
|NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/05/97  |
|    CITY: NEW YORK               REGION: 1     
|NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:41 [ET]|
|  COUNTY:                         STATE: NY     |EVENT DATE:   
    06/03/97  |
|LICENSE#:                     AGREEMENT: Y      |EVENT
TIME:        00:00[EDT]|
|  DOCKET:                                       |LAST UPDATE
DATE:  06/05/97  |
|                                                +-----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          
ORGANIZATION|
|                                                |SILK                 RDO     |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: COSTELLO (REGION I)            |           
                 |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  BOB STRANSKY                   |            
                |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 |        
                    |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                           
 |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                 
           |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING
LOST/STOLEN SHIPMENT CONTAINING I-125       |
| SOURCE.                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| NEW YORK CITY CONTACTED NRC REGION I THIS
AFTERNOON TO REPORT THAT A         |
| PACKAGE CONTAINING A 176 mCi I-125 (HALF LIFE 60
DAYS, 0.035 MeV GAMMA)      |
| BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCE WAS MISSING FROM MT.
SINAI HOSPITAL. THE PACKAGE WAS    |
| RECEIVED FROM AMERSHAM ON 6/2/97, AND LEFT IN
AN UNLOCKED OFFICE OVERNIGHT.  |
| THE NEXT MORNING (6/3/97), THE PACKAGE WAS
DISCOVERED MISSING. NEW YORK      |
| CITY PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING
THIS EVENT.                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



>>> Wes Van Pelt <VanPeltW@IDT.NET> 06/06/97 05:58
>>>


On the TV news this morning there was a story of a missing
I-125 package bound for Mount Sinai Hospital in NY City.

Anyone have any more information?