A small amount of radioactive material went missing during transit from a cancer treatment center in New Jersey, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The report, dated Dec. 13, cited a statement from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on Dec. 3 that a “Ge-68 pin source that they sent for disposal has been lost in transit” on Dec. 2. The pin source uses the radioactive isotope germanium-68/gallium-68.
