Event Notification Report for September 24, 2015
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/23/2015 - 09/24/2015
EVENT NUMBERS
51427
Agreement State
Event Number: 51427
Rep Org: NC DIV OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: INVISTA CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO.
Region: 1
City: WILMINGTON State: NC
County:
License #: 065-2518-0G-I
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAVID CROWLEY
HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH
Licensee: INVISTA CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING CO.
Region: 1
City: WILMINGTON State: NC
County:
License #: 065-2518-0G-I
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAVID CROWLEY
HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH
Notification Date: 09/28/2015
Notification Time: 17:29 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2015
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/28/2015
Notification Time: 17:29 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2015
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/28/2015
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
FRED BOWER (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFIC (EMAI)
ILTAB (EMAI)
FRED BOWER (R1DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFIC (EMAI)
ILTAB (EMAI)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - EIGHT MISSING TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS
The following is a summary of information received from the State of North Carolina via email:
Eight new Tritium exit signs were reported missing to the State of North Carolina by the licensee. The new signs were placed in a temporary storage location during building renovations. They were discovered missing when the licensee was preparing to return old signs back to the manufacturer for disposal. The licensee believes the new signs were inadvertently discarded as trash.
All eight signs were manufactured by Isolite Corporation and each contained approximately 6.22 Curies of Tritium. The serial numbers of the missing signs are: 1203962, 1203964, 1203966, 1203961, 1203900, 1203963, 1203902, and 1203897.
North Carolina will be citing the licensee for loss of radioactive material.
NC Item Number: NC 150025
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
The following is a summary of information received from the State of North Carolina via email:
Eight new Tritium exit signs were reported missing to the State of North Carolina by the licensee. The new signs were placed in a temporary storage location during building renovations. They were discovered missing when the licensee was preparing to return old signs back to the manufacturer for disposal. The licensee believes the new signs were inadvertently discarded as trash.
All eight signs were manufactured by Isolite Corporation and each contained approximately 6.22 Curies of Tritium. The serial numbers of the missing signs are: 1203962, 1203964, 1203966, 1203961, 1203900, 1203963, 1203902, and 1203897.
North Carolina will be citing the licensee for loss of radioactive material.
NC Item Number: NC 150025
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