The following Agreement State Report was received by the State of
Colorado via email:
[The licensee reported that,] according to the maintenance specialist for the property [located in Steamboat Springs, CO], an inspection of the property was conducted to complete the Radioactive Materials Unit annual report for 2015. They reported on 6/24/15, the exit sign was still in the space. Upon completing an audit of the general license files, contact was made to the current tenant who reported the building had been remodeled. A call was made to the reporting maintenance staff who completed the forms. During the discussion regarding the lost/abandoned exit sign, a request for further information would need to be submitted along with a corrective action should the sign not be found. [The maintenance specialist] conducted a site inspection and found the sign to be missing on 1/21/16. A detailed report was submitted with a corrective action letter received on 1/27/16.
Tritium Exit Sign:
Model: SLX 60
Source Serial: #412078
Isotope: H-3, Activity
Activity: 7500 mCi
Date Shipped from Isolite Corporation: 6-18-2007
The property management company is reviewing all properties to verify if a Tritium exit signs are still in use and providing the current tenants of regulatory requirements to correct and prevent any future displacement or loss of exit signs containing Tritium.
Colorado Event Report ID No.: CO16-I16-02
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