The licensee reported that on the night of 3/7/08 the church was broken into and vandalized. As part of the vandalism, 2 self-illuminating
exit signs were
stolen. The signs were not recovered. The licensee did not discover that the theft of the signs was reportable until 4/29/08. It is not known if the signs were broken during the vandalism. The areas around both signs have been cleaned since the theft.
The manufacturer is SRB Technologies (Canada), Inc.
Model: BetaLux-E/Luminexit, Activity: 20 Ci each, the serial numbers are not known.
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