ENS 48222
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jul 20, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report- 12 Missing Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | The Iowa Department of Public Health provided a preliminary notification that 11 or 12 tritium exit signs are missing from a Bed Bath and Beyond store in Council Bluffs Iowa. The store has replaced all its tritium exit signs with LED exit signs. The tritium exit signs were removed by an electrical subcontractor specifically instructed to keep the removed signs segregated for special disposal by Shaw Industries. The removed tritium exit signs could not be located when Shaw arrived at the store to package and ship the signs. A representative for the store believes that either the signs were mixed with fluorescent lights that were being sent to a separate recycling facility or that the subcontractor may have inadvertently disposed of the tritium signs at an unknown location. The fluorescent light recycling facility has been contacted but was unable to find any evidence that the signs were sent to their location.
The tritium exit signs were generally licensed with a nominal activity of 11.5 curies each. The sign manufacturer was Shield Source. 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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf 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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| Bed Bath And Beyond Council Bluffs, Iowa (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Iowa Department Of Public Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+803.58 h33.483 days <br />4.783 weeks <br />1.101 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Melanie Rasmuson 16:35 Aug 22, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Aug 22, 2012 |
| 48222 - NRC Website | |
Bed Bath And Beyond with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 494052013-10-01T05:00:0001 October 2013 05:00:00
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