ENS 44559
ENS Event | |
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17:45 Oct 9, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | The following was provided by the state via e-mail:
Wal-Mart Corporate Office reported a total of 8 tritium exit signs missing from various stores in Ohio. These signs were removed from service and were being held pending return to the manufacturer for disposal. The signs were discovered missing on or about October 8, 2008 at each store. Store management and maintenance personnel have conducted a search at each store and have determined that the signs are not on the premises. Wal-Mart is declaring these signs to be missing. Wal-Mart Corporate office notified the Ohio department of health by phone at approximately 1:45 PM on October 9, 2008, and followed with a written description of the signs on October 10, 2008. The device information is as follows: 1. Location: Store number 01495 Huber Heights, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - 272778, Curie content - 11.5. 2. Location: Store number 01724 Millersburg, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - 260634, Curie content - 20. 3. Location: Store number 02441 Hamilton, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - Unknown, Curie content - 11.5. 4. Location: Store number 02441 Hamilton, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - 338664, Curie content - 11.5. 5. Location: Store number 02441 Hamilton, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - 365140, Curie content - 11.5. 6. Location: Store number 03656 Cincinnati, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - Unknown, Curie content - 11.5. 7. Location: Store number 03656 Cincinnati, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - 362582, Curie content - 11.5. 8. Location: Store number 6327 Warren, Manufacturer - Isolite, Serial number - Unknown, Curie content - 11.5. Ohio report number - OH080007
Received from the state of Ohio via e-mail: A tritium exit sign was reported missing from the Wal-Mart store in Centerville, OH. The Isolite sign (S/N 318793) contained 11.5 Curies of tritium and was reported to Ohio at 1000 on 11/7/2008. Ohio Report Number: OH080009 Notified R3DO (Cameron) and FSME (Suber).
Received from the state of Ohio via e-mail: Two Tritium exit signs were reported missing from the Wal-Mart store in Middletown, OH. The SRB Technologies signs (S/N 280511) & (S/N 280548) contained unknown activity, and was reported to Ohio at 1230 on 11/12/2008. Ohio Report Number: OH0800011 Notified R3DO (Hills) and FSME (Suber), ILTAB email
Received from the state of Ohio via e-mail: A Tritium exit sign was reported missing from the Wal-Mart store in Newark, OH. The SRB Technologies sign (S/N 268804) contained 20 Ci of Tritium, and was reported to Ohio at 1230 on 11/12/2008. Ohio Report Number: OH0800013 Notified R3DO (Hills) and FSME (Suber). ILTAB email
Received from the state of Ohio via e-mail: A Tritium exit sign was reported missing from the Wal-Mart store in Mount Vernon, OH. The Isolite sign (S/N 293419) contained 11.5 Ci of Tritium, and was reported to Ohio at 1230 on 11/12/2008. Ohio Report Number: OH0800012 Notified R3DO (Hills) and FSME (Suber). ILTAB email
The following information was received from the state of Ohio via e-mail: Two additional lost Tritium exit signs were reported missing at store #5104 in Moraine, OH. The signs were manufactured by SRB with serial numbers 300242 and 300243. Each sign contained 20 Ci of Tritium. Notified the R1DO (Krohn), FSME (Flannery) and ILTAB (via e-mail). 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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| Wal-Mart Cincinnati, Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Ohio Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+23.92 h0.997 days <br />0.142 weeks <br />0.0328 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Stephen James 17:40 Oct 10, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Jason Kozal |
| Last Updated: | Nov 14, 2008 |
| 44559 - NRC Website | |
Wal-Mart with Agreement State | |
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