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The NRC is shutdown due to the lapse in appropriations. Exempted activities to maintain critical health and safety activities and progress on critical activities, including activities outlined in Executive Order 14300, as described in the OMB Approved NRC Lapse Plan will continue.

Event Notification Report for October 09, 2019

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

Event Reports For
10/8/2019 - 10/9/2019

** EVENT NUMBERS **

54303

Agreement State	Event Number: 54303
Rep Org: NC DIV OF RADIATION PROTECTION Licensee: KAPSTONE Region: 1 City: ROANOKE RAPIDS State: NC County: License #: 0688-0G Agreement: Y Docket: NRC Notified By: TRAVIS CARTOSKI HQ OPS Officer: DONALD NORWOOD	Notification Date: 10/01/2019 Notification Time: 09:15 [ET] Event Date: 09/25/2019 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 10/01/2019
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: AGREEMENT STATE	Person (Organization): ANNE DeFRANCISCO (R1DO) NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)

This material event contains a "Less than Cat 3" level of radioactive material.

Event Text

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS

The following information was received via E-mail:

"A general licensee reports that following a recent inventory audit, they could not account for 17 missing tritium exit signs. The missing signs could not be accounted for physically by the licensee or verified through formal documentation that the signs were sent for disposal."

The signs are believed to be Safety Light Corporation model number 2040 signs. The serial numbers were not reported.

NC Tracking Number: NC 190033

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

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