ENS 44575
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Oct 16, 2008 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Loss of Six Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | On 10/16/08 the Agency received 2 telephone calls from Rich Dailey, RSO of Wal-Mart. During the first call Rich Dailey reported the loss of 2 tritium exit signs, S/N 249447 & 249454, from the Wal-Mart store in Quincy [MA]. During the second call Rich Dailey reported the loss of 4 tritium exit signs from the Wal-Mart store in Halifax [MA]. Rich Dailey stated that Wal-Mart is conducting a replacement of all tritium signs. In the Spring of 2008 these exit signs were inventoried. In October 2008, prior to replacement, the signs could not be located. All of the exit signs were manufactured by `SRB Lite' and contain 20 curies of H-3. Rich Dailey will send a written report to the Agency at a later date.
The following information was received via facsimile: On October 22, 2008 Wal-Mart Stores reported four missing tritium exit signs at 300 Colony Place, Plymouth, MA. The signs were discovered missing on October 21, 2008. The serial numbers and manufacturer were unknown. Notified FSME(Burgess), R1DO(Cobey) and ILTAB via email.
The following information was received from the State via facsimile: The State of Massachusetts was notified by a Wal-Mart corporate representative located in Bentonville, AR, indicating that Wal-Mart was unable to account for 887 tritium exit signs (which are general licensed materials) that were used at one time in Wal-Mart stores throughout the state. The Wal-Mart representative informed the state office that Wal-Mart had exhausted searching for the tritium exit signs and considered them to be lost and/or missing. The state was provided a listing from corporate Wal-Mart of the store locations along with information on the tritium exit sign manufacturers, model and serial numbers, and curie content where known. Notified FSME (McIntosh), R1DO (Burritt), and ILTAB 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 Quincy, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+31.48 h1.312 days <br />0.187 weeks <br />0.0431 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Sumares 11:29 Oct 17, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Jan 16, 2009 |
| 44575 - NRC Website | |
Wal-Mart with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 447812009-01-16T06:00:00016 January 2009 06:00:00
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