ENS 44583
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Oct 21, 2008 | |
| Title | Arkansas Agreement State Report - Lost Tritium Exit Sign |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the State of Arkansas via email:
Wal-Mart stores notified the state of Arkansas of one missing tritium exit sign discovered during a world wide inventory of their stores. The exit sign was last seen during a Spring 2008 inventory. The following device was reported missing: 1. Exit sign from a store (#468) located at 133 Arkansas Blvd., Texarkana, AR 71854, Serial number - 248464, manufacturer - SRB, activity - 20 Ci of tritium at time of manufacture.
The following was provided by the state via e-mail: The following devices were reported missing: 1. Exit sign from a store located in Hot Springs Village, AR. Serial number - 273316, manufacturer - Isolite, Activity - 11.5 Ci of tritium at time of manufacture. Notified R4DO (Whiten), FSME (Burgess) and ILTAB via e-mail.
The following was provided by the state via e-mail: Wal-Mart's records show that 159 Tritium Exit Signs (Serial Numbers provided to the State of Arkansas) were shipped to various store locations within the State of Arkansas; however, none of these signs [which are general licensed materials] were located during the inventory at the stores. Wal-Mart had no prior information indicating that these signs had been transferred to another location. In addition to the physical searches conducted by Wal-Mart's contractor, Wal-Mart reviewed the shipment and inventory records, but was not able to learn any additional information about the location or condition of the lost signs. As a result of those investigations and the data collected over the course of Wal-Mart's nationwide inventory, Wal-Mart determined that these signs are lost. Wal-Mart notified the State of Arkansas immediately by phone. At this time, Wal-Mart has no additional information regarding the whereabouts of these signs; they remain lost. This is Wal-Mart's final report reconciling all previously unaccounted for signs. Notified R4DO (Lantz), FSME (Turtil) and ILTAB via e-mail. 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. This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source |
| Where | |
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| Wal-Mart Texarkana, Arkansas (NRC Region 4) | |
| Organization: | Arkansas Department Of Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.2 h0.467 days <br />0.0667 weeks <br />0.0153 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Steve Mack 16:12 Oct 21, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Jan 12, 2009 |
| 44583 - NRC Website | |
Wal-Mart with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 447812009-01-16T06:00:00016 January 2009 06:00:00
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