ENS 53252

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v t e ENS Event
08:00 Feb 14, 2018
Title	Agreement State Report - Leaking Source
Event Description	The following was received via email from the state of Washington: On 2/15/2018, the RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] for WSU [Washington State University] contacted DOH [Washington State Department of Health] to report a leaking Cf-252 source. The source was received from University of Nevada - Reno and leak tested on arrival. The initial leak test found 0.0066 uCi of removable contamination. Because the amount of removable contamination detected was very close to the leak testing limit, WSU was asked to check their leak testing process and perform another test. On 2/27/2018, WSU confirmed that the source is in fact leaking and both tests provided the same result and that they are holding the leaking source for disposal. DOH is still awaiting further information on the source manufacturer and model number. More information will be provided in a follow-up report. WA Incident Number: WA-18-007 Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf

ENS 53252 +/-
Where
Washington State University Pullman, Washington (NRC Region 4)
License number:	WN-C003-1
Organization:	Wa Office Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+530.95 h22.123 days <br />3.16 weeks <br />0.727 months <br />)
Opened:	Andrew Halloran 10:57 Mar 8, 2018
NRC Officer:	Andrew Waugh
Last Updated:	Mar 8, 2018
53252 - NRC Website
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