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05:00 Sep 15, 2016 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Sign |
| Event Description | The following report was received from the State of Texas via email:
On September 15, 2016, the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] was notified by an Operation Specialist (OS) at the Chevron corporate office in Houston, Texas, that during an inventory of a storage room in their building, an 'EXIT' sign containing 7 curies of tritium was not located. The sign was manufactured by Isolite in October of 2002. The OS stated they have search the building and interview all their personnel who had accessed the room since the last inventory. He stated that it is possible that the sign may have been disposed of in their waste, but he does not believe that happened. Additional information will be provided as it is received in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident: I-9429 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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| Chevron Houston, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | GL |
| Organization: | Texas Dept Of State Health Services |
| Reporting | |
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| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+6.32 h0.263 days <br />0.0376 weeks <br />0.00866 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Art Tucker 11:19 Sep 15, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Donald Norwood |
| Last Updated: | Sep 15, 2016 |
| 52241 - NRC Website | |
Chevron with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 522412016-09-15T05:00:00015 September 2016 05:00:00
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