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19:00 Dec 21, 2006 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | On December 21, 2006 at approximately 2 pm local time the Maine Radiation Control Program received notification from a licensee, the City of Presque Isle, that they had lost 5 tritium exit signs during building renovations. Sometime between August 2006 and December 2006 at the time of the report to the state the licensee noted that 6 tritium exit signs had been disposed of as part of renovations to Building 1309. The signs were manufactured by Safety Light Corporation, Model 2040-50-20. The serial numbers are 0941221, 0941229, 0941223, 0941227, 0941225, and 0941228. While the exact location of the signs is not known they were probably disposed of in the trash. The state estimated the activity per sign to be about 5 Curies. The state is following up on this report.
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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| Where | |
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| City Of Presque Isle Presque Isle, Maine (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 03701G |
| Organization: | Maine Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+356.75 h14.865 days <br />2.124 weeks <br />0.489 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Shawn Seeley 15:45 Jan 5, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Jan 5, 2007 |
| 43079 - NRC Website | |
City Of Presque Isle with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 430792006-12-21T19:00:00021 December 2006 19:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Signs 2006-12-21T19:00:00 | |