ENS Event | |
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06:00 Nov 29, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Leaking Source in a Static Eliminator |
| Event Description | The following report was received via e-mail:
The following report was received by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) on December 3, 2010. On November 29, 2010, the University of Iowa Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) staff discovered evidence that a Nickel-63 foil in a custom made static eliminator had lost its seal integrity. The source in question consists of two 10 mCi Ni-63 foils that are housed in a custom built static eliminator (2 inch diameter steel pipe with the foils glued to the walls of the pipe). The static eliminator is attached to a chamber apparatus located in a fume hood within a principal investigator's lab. The results of the leak test indicated approximately 11,500 dpm (0.0052 microCuries) of activity on a wipe taken of several areas in the apparatus housing the Ni-63 foils. EHS personnel bagged the static eliminator and returned it to EHS for disposal. Iowa Report Number: IA100008 |
| Where | |
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| University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 0037152AAB |
| Organization: | Iowa Department Of Public Health |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+172.93 h7.205 days <br />1.029 weeks <br />0.237 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Randal Dahlin 10:56 Dec 6, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 6, 2010 |
| 46458 - NRC Website
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