ENS 51517
ENS Event | |
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07:00 Sep 2, 2015 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Missing Exit Signs |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of Colorado via email:
After no response from the annual mailing to register active general licensee's in our radioactive materials unit, a public record search was conducted to discover the owner of the property. Research disclosed from county records the homeowner's name and contact address. He was mailed a letter on 9/2/15. The exit signs were from the manufacturer Isolite Corporation. Isolite provided Glasco Electric, 700 W Mississippi Avenue Denver, CO 80223, the exit signs that were designated to be used at 5744 N 71st Street, Longmont, CO 80223. The two (2) exit signs were model # 2040-50G-20WH, activity 11.5 Ci, serial numbers were not recorded on the manufacturers quarterly report dated 10/1/2001 to 12/31/2001. A response was received from the home owner. He provided the following information: The Association for Community Living occupied 5744 N 71st Street, in Longmont, CO 80503 at the time the exit signs were shipped. According to the historical information, the building was used as a school for the developmentally disabled. The school closed and the property was sold in 2013. The new owner began renovation of the property and removed the exit signs. The owner reported local city codes requires all deconstruction materials to be recycled. He took the exit signs to The Center for Resource Conservation located in Boulder, CO during the calendar year of 2014. The home owner was unaware of any regulations pertaining to the use or disposal of Tritium exit signs. The Center for Resource Conservation was contacted 11/4/15 to inquire about the exit signs possibly being at the location 6400 Arapahoe Road, Boulder, CO 80303. Management explained upon materials being dropped off the donor is given a receipt for the donation showing items donated. When large boxes are inspected smaller items may not get noticed and slip through the donation lane. Items are separated and maybe placed in a recycling roll off to be picked up by Evraz located in Denver, CO. It is unknown when they would have accepted the exit signs in 2014. It is unknown if the exit signs were resold or scrapped. No further information is available. Event Report ID No.: CO15-I15-29 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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| Association For Community Living Longmont, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | CO General Li |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1540.88 h64.203 days <br />9.172 weeks <br />2.111 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Linda Bartish 12:53 Nov 5, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Nov 5, 2015 |
| 51517 - NRC Website | |
Association For Community Living with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Missing Exit Signs 2015-09-02T07:00:00 | |