ENS Event | |
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04:00 Apr 13, 2010 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Uncontrolled Contamination Event |
| Event Description | On April 13, 2010, a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology (the licensee), under the supervision of an authorized user, was conducting an electroplating experiment, using Ni-63, under a fume hood in one of the licensee's RAM (Radioactive Material) rooms. During the experiment, the student noticed fumes outside the hood and ceased the experiment. She took a swipe outside the hood and found no contamination.
On April 14, the licensee's Radiation Safety Officer took swipes of the room and found 22,000 DPM of contamination on the fume hood lip, 11,000 DPM on the RAM room floor, 1,200 DPM on a public hallway floor outside the RAM room, and contamination in an adjacent RAM room. All areas have been cordoned off to control access and cleanup is in progress. It is unknown whether the student had any uptake, was overexposed, or was contaminated during the event. |
| Where | |
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| Georgia Institute Of Technology Atlanta, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | Ga-147-1 |
| Organization: | Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+85.03 h3.543 days <br />0.506 weeks <br />0.116 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Irene Bennett 17:02 Apr 16, 2010 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Apr 16, 2010 |
| 45846 - NRC Website | |
Georgia Institute Of Technology with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 458462010-04-13T04:00:00013 April 2010 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Uncontrolled Contamination Event 2010-04-13T04:00:00 | |