ENS 52538
ENS Event | |
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19:00 Feb 7, 2017 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Missing Tritium Exit Signs |
| Event Description | The following information was received via e-mail:
Detail: The general license section of the Radioactive Materials Program sent out the annual notification requesting response regarding tritium exit signs reported in use at the location given by the manufacturer. Upon an audit of the annual mailing for non-responders, Colorado Dept of Corrections - Sterling Correctional was contacted. The contact at Sterling Correctional explained they conducted an inspection of the property and were not able to find any of the exit signs ordered from SRB Technologies still in use. It is unknown what occurred with the Tritium exit signs since 16 years have passed. The contact was not able to confirm if the tritium exit signs were ever installed in the building. SRB Technologies was contacted to obtain information from a purchase order number provided on the manufacturer report. No response has been received. The information on the manufactures report shows the ship to address as Holcomb & Hoke MFG CO. Inc. In trying to contact them it was discovered the business had closed several years ago. When the tritium signs were shipped to them the company was manufacturing movable walls/panels for large spaces. Note: companies who make movable walls will install tritium exit signs in the wall prior to shipping to end user. The lost tritium exit signs are model # BX-10-WH, Serial Numbers 243257 thru 243261, 5 signs, Isotope H-3, Activity 10 Curies, Shipped 07/06/2001. No further information is obtainable. The Colorado Dept of Corrections is being asked to supply a corrective action with policy and procedure should any additional signs are ordered. Event Report ID No.: CO17-0004
The following information was received via E-mail: After contacting the Colorado Sterling Correctional Facility and explaining we [Colorado Department of Health] needed a corrective action regarding how they will track additional remaining tritium exit signs and asking for a safety policy and procedure guide, I guess the plant manager decided to go and see if they actually had any of the movable wall in the facility. As it turns out he did find the area with the walls and the 5 Tritium Exit Signs. They are now in the process of taking the signs out to return to the manufacturer. Case Closed. Notified R4DO (Warnick) and NMSS Events Notification. 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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| Colorado Dept Of Corrections Sterling Correctional Sterling, Colorado (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Colorado Dept Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+17.35 h0.723 days <br />0.103 weeks <br />0.0238 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Linda Bartish 12:21 Feb 8, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Feb 10, 2017 |
| 52538 - NRC Website | |
Colorado Dept Of Corrections Sterling Correctional with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Missing Tritium Exit Signs 2017-02-07T19:00:00 | |