ENS Event | |
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16:00 May 6, 2022 | |
| Title | Leaking Sealed Source |
| Event Description | The following was received from the Massachusetts Radiation Control Program (the "Agency") via email:
On 05/06/2022, at 1340 EDT, the Agency received a call from RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] at Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instrument, Inc. (the `licensee') reporting a leaking sealed source. The 20-year-old source/device (Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments, Inc.; Model XLi 969; Device s/n 5243; Source s/n EG-8804) is currently containing 0.12 mCi of Fe-55 (original activity was 20 mCi on 04/07/2002). The RSO received the leak test report on 05/06/2022 and he noticed that the source is leaking as 0.0058 microcuries of removal activity which is in excess of regulatory limits (0.005 microcuries). This device was sent to the licensee for decommissioning and was received from the licensee's customer on 04/21/2022. The source was removed from the device as part of decommissioning. There was no external contamination spread outside of the device or surrounding work area surfaces. The source will be secured and properly disposed of in accordance with the regulations. |
| Where | |
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| Thermo Scientific P.A.I., Inc. Tewksbury, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 55-0238 |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1.35 h0.0563 days <br />0.00804 weeks <br />0.00185 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ellie Choi 17:21 May 6, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Ossy Font |
| Last Updated: | May 6, 2022 |
| 55887 - NRC Website | |
Thermo Scientific P.A.I., Inc. with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 558872022-05-06T16:00:0006 May 2022 16:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Leaking Sealed Source 2022-05-06T16:00:00 | |