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04:00 Sep 24, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Eight Missing Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | The following is a summary of information received from the State of North Carolina via email:
Eight new Tritium exit signs were reported missing to the State of North Carolina by the licensee. The new signs were placed in a temporary storage location during building renovations. They were discovered missing when the licensee was preparing to return old signs back to the manufacturer for disposal. The licensee believes the new signs were inadvertently discarded as trash. All eight signs were manufactured by Isolite Corporation and each contained approximately 6.22 Curies of Tritium. The serial numbers of the missing signs are: 1203962, 1203964, 1203966, 1203961, 1203900, 1203963, 1203902, and 1203897. North Carolina will be citing the licensee for loss of radioactive material. NC Item Number: NC 150025 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 |
| Where | |
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| Invista Chemical Manufacturing Co. Wilmington, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 065-2518-0G-I |
| Organization: | Nc Div Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+109.48 h4.562 days <br />0.652 weeks <br />0.15 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | David Crowley 17:29 Sep 28, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Sep 28, 2015 |
| 51427 - NRC Website | |
Invista Chemical Manufacturing Co. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 514272015-09-24T04:00:00024 September 2015 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Eight Missing Tritium Exit Signs 2015-09-24T04:00:00 | |