The following information was received from the State of
Colorado via email:
Details: The corporate office of Extended Stay America responded to the 2016 General License Annual reports. In their letter, it is stated, after a full investigation of the property, the exit signs were not found. There were 17, B100 Series, SN 625444 to 625460, with 9.2 Ci and 9 BXU10WS, SN 631179 to 631186, with 9.2 Ci not located. The total lost exit signs being reported are 26. Due to employee turnover from date reported shipped 4-23-1998 and 7-20-1998 to 2016 no records were maintained as the company had no knowledge of the status of Tritium Exit Signs associated with the site.
Event Description: The Company will be conducting a special project to determine if Tritium Exit Signs exist at any of their facilities in Colorado when fire inspections are completed. Should they locate any Tritium Exit Signs the signs will be properly disposed. The company will notify the Radioactive Materials Unit [State of Colorado] that the signs were removed and properly disposed.
CO Event Report ID No.: CO16-I16-10
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