The following report was received via email:
On December 28, 2016, the Hazardous Materials [Manager] at NBC Universal i.e. Universal Studios in Universal City, California called Los Angeles County Radiation Management on the telephone to report the loss of two Tritium exit signs. As of December 28, 2016, the Los Angeles County does not have information regarding the make, model, or serial numbers of the missing exit signs, or the quantity of H-3 (Tritium) in them.
CA 5010 Number: 122816
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
- * * UPDATE FROM GEZA MIKO TO JOHN SHOEMAKER AT 1552 EST ON 1/25/2017 * * *
The following report update was received via email:
On January 10, 2017, [the licensee's] Manager of Hazardous Materials at NBC Universal (i.e. Universal Studios in Universal City, California) reported to Los Angeles County Radiation Management by email that they have found the two Tritium exit signs that our agency reported to [the NRC] on December 28, 2016 (California 5010 # 122816). As of January 25, 2016, Los Angeles County does not have information regarding the make, model, or serial numbers of the missing exit signs, or the quantity of H-3 (Tritium) in them. [The State of California Los Angeles County Radiation Management] has requested this information from [the licensee], again, today. When [the Licensee] provides this information, it will be included in the California 5010 close-out.
The NMED number for this event is 170010.
Notified the R4DO (Rollins) and NMSS_Events_Notification via email.