ENS 56193

v t e ENS Event
07:00 Oct 25, 2022
Title	Leaking Sealed Source
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Washington State Department of Health via email: On 10/31/2022, a licensee, University of Washington - License Number: C001-1, reported that a 12.4 mCi Ni-63 source was leaking. The source was part of a Hewlett Packard electron capture detector (ECD) (Hewlett Packard, Model# G1223A, Source Serial # F5941). A pre-disposal wipe test of the ECD contained in a gas chromatograph (Hewlett Packard Model#5890) was performed on 10/25/22 after receiving the gas chromatograph from its owner for disposal. On 10/25/2022, the wipe test results indicated that the ECD had more than 0.005 microcuries of removable contamination. This device will be sent to NRD Static Control, LLC for recycling/disposal. WA incident event number: WA-22-020

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Where
University Of Washington Seattle, Washington (NRC Region 4)
License number:	WN-C001-1
Organization:	Wa Office Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+154.17 h6.424 days <br />0.918 weeks <br />0.211 months <br />)
Opened:	Raj Maharjan 17:10 Oct 31, 2022
NRC Officer:	Ernest West
Last Updated:	Oct 31, 2022
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