ENS 48224
ENS Event | |
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18:30 Aug 20, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Ten Tritium Exit Signs Damaged |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section via e-mail:
On August 20, 2012, at 1:30 pm the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section, received a telephone notification from NRC Region III personnel that 10 tritium exit signs, that originally contained 7.5 Ci at the time of purchase 7-10 years ago, were placed in a compactor and damaged at a PSC Environmental Services, LLC facility in Detroit, Michigan (refer to NRC event notification #48205). The ten exit signs came from a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Wausau, WI. On August 20, 2012 at 2:00 pm, the Vice President of Loss Prevention and Safety was contacted and he informed the state that 14 tritium exit signs were being replaced with LED signs (this is being done nation-wide at all Bed Bath & Beyond stores) at the Wausau location and were intended to be returned to the manufacturer for disposal. The 4 remaining signs are in a secure location within the store. The Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section will be performing a site visit in Wausau to verify the four remaining signs are intact and will be performing an investigation into the root cause of this incident. Wisconsin Report: WI120011 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 Wausau, Wisconsin (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Wisconsin Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+66.5 h2.771 days <br />0.396 weeks <br />0.0911 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Chris Timmerman 13:00 Aug 23, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Aug 23, 2012 |
| 48224 - NRC Website | |
Bed Bath And Beyond with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 494052013-10-01T05:00:0001 October 2013 05:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Sign ENS 482242012-08-20T18:30:00020 August 2012 18:30:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Ten Tritium Exit Signs Damaged ENS 482162012-08-08T04:00:0008 August 2012 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Improper Disposal of Tritium Exit Signs ENS 482222012-07-20T05:00:00020 July 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report- 12 Missing Tritium Exit Signs ENS 482922012-07-15T21:00:00015 July 2012 21:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Sign ENS 468902010-05-26T04:00:00026 May 2010 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potentially Damaged Tritium Sign ENS 468892010-03-31T04:00:00031 March 2010 04:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Damaged Tritium Sign 2013-10-01T05:00:00 | |