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The State of Maine provided the following … The State of Maine provided the following information via facsimilie on damaged tritium exit signs (TES) contained in 3 separate reports from Wal-Mart:</br>On June 27, 2008 two reports of damaged signs were received. The following signs at the following store locations were damaged:</br>1. Serial #: 284986, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: between 5/2007 and 1/2008, Store Location: 80 Waterville Commons Dr., Waterville, ME;</br>2. Serial #: 259008, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: 5/2008, Store Location: 440 Payne Rd., Scarborough, ME. </br>On August 7, 2008 a report of damage to two signs at the Wal-Mart Store at 15 Tibbets Drive, Brunswick, ME was received:</br>1. Serial #: 297006, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: Unknown;</br>2. Serial #: 297031, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: Unknown. </br>Wal-Mart retained Shaw, an environmental services contractor with extensive experience with management of radioactive material, for its company wide program to inventory TES." Shaw has remediated the areas, if necessary, and has either returned the signs to the manufacturer for repair or proper disposal. </br>Wal-Mart has implemented and communicated protocols to its stores for the proper handling of TES to ensure public health and safety and protection of its employees.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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The State of Maine provided the following … The State of Maine provided the following information via facsimilie on damaged tritium exit signs (TES) contained in 3 separate reports from Wal-Mart:</br>On June 27, 2008 two reports of damaged signs were received. The following signs at the following store locations were damaged:</br>1. Serial #: 284986, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: between 5/2007 and 1/2008, Store Location: 80 Waterville Commons Dr., Waterville, ME;</br>2. Serial #: 259008, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: 5/2008, Store Location: 440 Payne Rd., Scarborough, ME. </br>On August 7, 2008 a report of damage to two signs at the Wal-Mart Store at 15 Tibbets Drive, Brunswick, ME was received:</br>1. Serial #: 297006, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: Unknown;</br>2. Serial #: 297031, Activity: 11.5 Ci, Damage Date: Unknown. </br>Wal-Mart retained Shaw, an environmental services contractor with extensive experience with management of radioactive material, for its company wide program to inventory TES." Shaw has remediated the areas, if necessary, and has either returned the signs to the manufacturer for repair or proper disposal. </br>Wal-Mart has implemented and communicated protocols to its stores for the proper handling of TES to ensure public health and safety and protection of its employees.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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