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Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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ENS 45923 | 11 May 2010 04:00:00 | Agreement State | Agreement State Report - Report of Leaking Sealed Source | The following information was received by e-mail: On Tuesday May 11, 2010, the licensee discovered during a routine leak test that a Ni-63 source in a Shimadzu GC-14A gas chromatograph was leaking, presenting 0.0142 microCi. The source was identified as an NRD model N-100, serial number 616355, with an original activity of 9.98 mCi on 3/23/03 and a current activity of 9.50 mCi. A second leak test confirmed that this was not a false positive. Surveys of the instrument and area presented no evidence that contamination had spread. The device containing the Ni-63 source was removed from service and taken to the licensee's radioactive waste storage facility. Ohio Report: OH100006
The source has been removed and packaged for disposal with the licensee's next LLRW shipment. |