PNO-I-98-008, on 980316,Region I Ofc Informed by Individual That Son Found Glowing Sign Approx Two Months Ago.Pa Bureau of Radiation Protection Retrieved Undamaged Tritium Sign from Residence.Commonwealth of PA Notified
| ML20216F700 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/17/1998 |
| From: | Bondick J, Henderson P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| PNO-I-98-008, PNO-I-98-8, NUDOCS 9803190023 | |
| Download: ML20216F700 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-I-98-008 Thic preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE ccfoty or public interest significance. The information is as initially roccived without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region I staff in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on this date.
Facility Licensee Emeraency Classification Privcte Property Notification of Unusual Event Private Property Alert L:etadale, Pennsylvania 15056 Site Area Emergency Dockets: 99999001 License No: NA General Emergency X Not Applicable
Subject:
TRITIUM SIGN AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE A generally-licensed device containing tritium has been retrieved, undamaged, from a private residence.
On Monday, March 16, 1998, at 8:30 a.m.,
the NRC Region I office was notified by an individual that his son, a 15 year old, had found a ag:.owing sign" approximately two months ago, in a trash dumpster at the rcnovation site of the Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania.
The individual became concerned on March 15, 1998, after reading.an article in a local newspaper regarding materials found during rcnovation projects, and removed the sign which had been at the head of his con's bed. He placed the sign in a locked shed on his property.
The individual stated that the sign did not appear broken or damaged.
R;gion I contacted the Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection (PADEP), Department of Environmental Protection, who dispatched two incpactors to the site.
The sign was retrieved by the inspectors and tran: ported to the PADEP office.
Markings on the sign indicated that it contained approximately 20 curies of tritium.
Wipe tests indicate no leaktge from the sign.
Rtgion I will notify the general licensee of their responsibility to retrieve the sign.
The Region I Office of Public Affairs is available to respond to media inquiries.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been notified.
This notification is current as of 2:00 p.m. on March 17, 1998.
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Contcet:
James M. Bondick Pamela J. Henderson (610)337-6951 (610)337-6952 9803190023 900317 "
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