Re: Leak Testing

["Wesley M. Dunn" <WDUNN@brc1.tdh.texas.gov>]

My personal opinion is that 6 months means just that.  If you have a
source leak-tested in January, it must be leaktested again in July
(or sooner).  However, some regulators appear to interpret the
rule to require that the leak test must be done before the same date
of the month (e.g., if 1/15, then before 7/15).  Nevertheless, I
would hope that no regulator would cite a licensee for an August 1
leak test after a January 31 leak test.

Wes


> From: "Roman E. Fail, (RF)" <EHS5FAIL@ucsbvm.ucsb.edu>
> Subject:  Leak Testing
>
> Recently UCSB was inspected by the California DHS Rad. Health Branch, and as
> usual a few violations were issued. One of them was regarding the frequency
> of sealed source leak testing, more specifically that it was (and I quote)
> "not (exactly) timely."   Both instances cited were sources that were
> tested 13 or 14 days after the six-month anniversary of the last leak test.
> The inspector stated that within 10 days was timely, but 14 was not.