Event Notification Report for April 12, 2005
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
04/11/2005 - 04/12/2005
General Information or Other
Event Number: 41597
Rep Org: WISCONSIN RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: GENERALLY LICENSED DEVICE
Region: 3
City: MONROE State: WI
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: PAUL CALEB
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Licensee: GENERALLY LICENSED DEVICE
Region: 3
City: MONROE State: WI
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: PAUL CALEB
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Notification Date: 04/14/2005
Notification Time: 13:48 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 04/14/2005
Notification Time: 13:48 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 04/14/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
JOHN MADERA (R3)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
JOHN MADERA (R3)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
WISCONSIN AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOSS OF CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
The following information was provided by the State via facsimile:
"Event description: On April 12, 2005, an employee of the St. Vincent de Paul Store in Monroe, Wisconsin dismantled a tritium exit sign thinking it was electrical and requiring repair. Unknown persons had dropped off the exit sign at the store. After dismantling the sign, the individual noticed the 'Caution Radioactive Material' label on the device. The individual wrapped the tubes containing the tritium in aluminum foil, and placed them in a cardboard box inside the facility. The device housing was placed in a scrap recycling bin. The individual initially contacted the NRC Operations Center for assistance. The information was subsequently relayed to the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section by NRC Region III on April 13, 2005.
"The device was identified as an Everglow Safety Sign, Model. 713A, Serial No. 53886 containing 25 curies of tritium in 1987. The device may have been manufactured in New York.
"The state investigated on April. 13, 2005. The exit sign tubes were found to be intact. The manufacturer name on the tubes was Self-Powered Lighting, Inc. A local scrap dealer had picked up the device housing with other scrap from St. Vincent de Paul. Staff was unable to locate the device housing but discovered an additional, intact exit sign at a local scrap yard that receives scrap from the dealer. The second exit sign was manufactured by Self-Powered Lighting, Model # 710-A containing 25 curies of tritium. The WI Radiation Protection Section is attempting to locate the owner(s) of these exit signs. The exit sign and tubes have been removed from the public domain. Media attention: None"
The following information was provided by the State via facsimile:
"Event description: On April 12, 2005, an employee of the St. Vincent de Paul Store in Monroe, Wisconsin dismantled a tritium exit sign thinking it was electrical and requiring repair. Unknown persons had dropped off the exit sign at the store. After dismantling the sign, the individual noticed the 'Caution Radioactive Material' label on the device. The individual wrapped the tubes containing the tritium in aluminum foil, and placed them in a cardboard box inside the facility. The device housing was placed in a scrap recycling bin. The individual initially contacted the NRC Operations Center for assistance. The information was subsequently relayed to the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section by NRC Region III on April 13, 2005.
"The device was identified as an Everglow Safety Sign, Model. 713A, Serial No. 53886 containing 25 curies of tritium in 1987. The device may have been manufactured in New York.
"The state investigated on April. 13, 2005. The exit sign tubes were found to be intact. The manufacturer name on the tubes was Self-Powered Lighting, Inc. A local scrap dealer had picked up the device housing with other scrap from St. Vincent de Paul. Staff was unable to locate the device housing but discovered an additional, intact exit sign at a local scrap yard that receives scrap from the dealer. The second exit sign was manufactured by Self-Powered Lighting, Model # 710-A containing 25 curies of tritium. The WI Radiation Protection Section is attempting to locate the owner(s) of these exit signs. The exit sign and tubes have been removed from the public domain. Media attention: None"
General Information or Other
Event Number: 41603
Rep Org: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM
Licensee: ALBUS-KEEFE & ASSOCIATES
Region: 4
City: LAKE ELSINORE State: CA
County:
License #: 6756-30
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DELL AQUINO
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Licensee: ALBUS-KEEFE & ASSOCIATES
Region: 4
City: LAKE ELSINORE State: CA
County:
License #: 6756-30
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DELL AQUINO
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Notification Date: 04/15/2005
Notification Time: 12:11 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 08:30 [PST]
Last Update Date: 04/15/2005
Notification Time: 12:11 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 08:30 [PST]
Last Update Date: 04/15/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
JOHN HICKEY (NMSS)
MEXICO CNSNS
TAS
REBECCA NEASE (R4)
JOHN HICKEY (NMSS)
MEXICO CNSNS
TAS
CALIFORNIA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The following information was provided by the State via facsimile:
"On 4/12/05 at about 8:30 am, the RSO [Name Deleted] of Albus-Keefe & Associates, Inc., reported that a Campbell nuclear gauge (Model MC3, S/N M340907583) was stolen from a pickup truck parked at Circle K Store in Lake Elsinore, CA at about 7:00 am. The gauge was in its transportation case, which was chained to the floor of the truck. The chain was cut and the gauge and its transportation case were stolen. According to [the RSO], the local Sheriffs Department was notified. A newspaper ad will be placed as soon as possible offering a reward for the return of the gauge."
* * * UPDATE FROM STATE (D. AQUINO) TO M. RIPLEY 1840 EDT 04/15/05 * * *
The State received a call from the gauge manufacturer (Campbell-Pacific Nuclear of California) that a citizen brought in the gauge to them and was claiming the reward for its return. The manufacturer stated that the gauge appeared intact and will be performing leak testing and other tests prior to returning the gauge to the licensee. The licensee RSO also contacted the State, confirming that the gauge was in fact the one stolen.
Notified R4 DO (R. Nease), NMSS EO (S. Flanders), TAS and Mexico CNSNS (via fax)
The following information was provided by the State via facsimile:
"On 4/12/05 at about 8:30 am, the RSO [Name Deleted] of Albus-Keefe & Associates, Inc., reported that a Campbell nuclear gauge (Model MC3, S/N M340907583) was stolen from a pickup truck parked at Circle K Store in Lake Elsinore, CA at about 7:00 am. The gauge was in its transportation case, which was chained to the floor of the truck. The chain was cut and the gauge and its transportation case were stolen. According to [the RSO], the local Sheriffs Department was notified. A newspaper ad will be placed as soon as possible offering a reward for the return of the gauge."
* * * UPDATE FROM STATE (D. AQUINO) TO M. RIPLEY 1840 EDT 04/15/05 * * *
The State received a call from the gauge manufacturer (Campbell-Pacific Nuclear of California) that a citizen brought in the gauge to them and was claiming the reward for its return. The manufacturer stated that the gauge appeared intact and will be performing leak testing and other tests prior to returning the gauge to the licensee. The licensee RSO also contacted the State, confirming that the gauge was in fact the one stolen.
Notified R4 DO (R. Nease), NMSS EO (S. Flanders), TAS and Mexico CNSNS (via fax)
Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 41689
Rep Org: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Licensee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Region: 3
City: LAFAYETTE State: IN
County:
License #:
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAN HAMPTON
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Licensee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Region: 3
City: LAFAYETTE State: IN
County:
License #:
Agreement: N
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAN HAMPTON
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Notification Date: 05/11/2005
Notification Time: 14:40 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 05/11/2005
Notification Time: 14:40 [ET]
Event Date: 04/12/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 05/11/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(ii) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X
Person (Organization):
ANNE MARIE STONE (R3)
RICHARD CORREIA (NMSS)
DONNA-MARIE PEREZ (TAS)
ANNE MARIE STONE (R3)
RICHARD CORREIA (NMSS)
DONNA-MARIE PEREZ (TAS)
LOST Ni-63 SOURCE
A 12.1 milliCurie Ni-63 source was missing on 4/12/05 during a regularly scheduled leak test. The source had last been inventoried on 11/23/04. The source was part of an electron capture detector which was inside a gas chromatograph. The gas chromatograph was disposed of in a landfill (date not available).
Model: Hewlett Packard (Agilent) type G1223A
Serial: F5020
A 12.1 milliCurie Ni-63 source was missing on 4/12/05 during a regularly scheduled leak test. The source had last been inventoried on 11/23/04. The source was part of an electron capture detector which was inside a gas chromatograph. The gas chromatograph was disposed of in a landfill (date not available).
Model: Hewlett Packard (Agilent) type G1223A
Serial: F5020