ENS 53449

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Apr 19, 2018
Title	Agreement State Report - Leaking Source
Event Description	The following report was received from the State of Florida: [The Florida Department of Health / Bureau of Radiation Control] received an email from Florida International University [FIU] reporting a leaking source. On April 19, the RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] opened a cabinet inside CP- 194 and did leak tests on stored sealed sources inside that cabinet. One Ni-63 source (9.4 milliCurie) was contained in a plastic vial with a screw top lid. The RSO removed the plastic vial from the radiation container for one minute to do a swab test, and sent the swab to an approved vendor for analysis. FIU EHS [Environmental Health and Safety] and the RSO were informed that the leak test associated with the Ni-63 source came back with a reading of 0.0119 microCuries (above the max. 0.005 microCurie limit) on May 18th. The RSO removed the radiation container containing the rad source from CP- 194 on May 22nd and moved it to the EHS vault in ACH 4 to await proper disposal. No other contamination was found. Incident Number: FL18-070

ENS 53449 +/-
Where
Florida International University Miami, Florida (NRC Region 1)
License number:	3669-1
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1188.17 h49.507 days <br />7.072 weeks <br />1.628 months <br />)
Opened:	Tim Dunn 16:10 Jun 7, 2018
NRC Officer:	Kenneth Mott
Last Updated:	Jun 7, 2018
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