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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENS 45885 | 1 April 2010 05:00:00 | Agreement State | Arkansas Agreement State Report - Missing Tritium Exit Signs | The following was received from the State via email: The Department (State) received notice on April 1, 2010 by telephone and a written report on April 30, 2010, from Shaw Environmental, Inc. of seven (7) missing Tritium (H-3) exit signs. The signs were purchased and installed in a military recruiting center, located on University Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas. The recruiting center was located in a mall complex that had been demolished and removed for the construction of a new shopping center. The signs were installed sometime between March, 2004 and October, 2005. The signs are described as: Manufacturer: SRB Technologies Model: BetaLux-E Activity: 10 Curies each Serial numbers: 318671-318675 and 318887-318888 (7 signs total) 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 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 |