ENS Event | |
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18:00 Sep 7, 2005 | |
| Title | Exit Signs Containing Tritium Believed to Have Been Taken to Local Landfill |
| Event Description | On 09/07/05 during an inventory check it was discovered that 9 exit signs were missing from Building 102C, used as a storage building, at Boeing Company located in Berkeley, MO (suburb of St. Louis). They were last seen in May of 2005. The person that looks after the signs took an extended sick leave for several weeks during July. Three of the Exit signs were made by Self Powered Lighting and the other 6 were from SRB. The original total activity of the 9 Exit Signs was 119 curies and the current total activity of the Exit Signs is now 54 curies. It is believed that the Exit Signs were discarded in a dumpster and then the dumpster was taken to the local landfill. Exit Signs were made between 1988 and 1996. |
| Where | |
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| Boeing Company St. Louis, Missouri (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 24-02261-03 |
| Organization: | Boeing Company |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+668.45 h27.852 days <br />3.979 weeks <br />0.916 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Rodney Cadanau 14:27 Oct 5, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Oct 5, 2005 |
| 42039 - NRC Website | |
Boeing Company with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 420392005-09-07T18:00:0007 September 2005 18:00:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) Exit Signs Containing Tritium Believed to Have Been Taken to Local Landfill 2005-09-07T18:00:00 | |