ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 9, 2019 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Sign |
| Event Description | This is a summary of information received from the state of Nebraska via a phone call:
On December 2, 2019, the state of Nebraska identified a lost tritium exit sign that was improperly transferred by the licensee to the state of Wisconsin. The general licensee indicated that they transferred the exit sign to a electronics company in Wisconsin, which was not licensed to possess radioactive materials. It is believed that the sign was reused by the electric company. The company was contacted and is working with the Wisconsin Department of Health on ascertaining the exit sign's location. The tritium exit sign is a Isolite model 2000 (S/N: H114041) with an activity of 12.57 Ci. No further investigation is planned at this time and Nebraska has closed the event. Nebraska incident number: NE190006 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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| Delong Company Omaha, Nebraska (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | GO-0788 |
| Organization: | Ne Div Of Radioactive Materials |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+28.23 h1.176 days <br />0.168 weeks <br />0.0387 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Deb Wilson 10:14 Dec 10, 2019 |
| NRC Officer: | Brian Lin |
| Last Updated: | Dec 10, 2019 |
| 54432 - NRC Website | |
Delong Company with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State En Revision Imported Date 12/23/2019 2019-12-09T06:00:00 | |