Re: Sealed Sources

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

Look up the definition of sealed in the dictionary.

1.	To affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy,
legal weight, quality, or another standard.
2.	a. To close with or as if with a seal. b. To close hermetically. c. To
make fast or fill up, as with plaster or cement. d. To apply a waterproof
coating to

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Alan
radarm@accessnv.com

At 10:51 PM 8/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any NRC guidance (NUREG or otherwise)on what the
>offical definition of a "sealed" source is? Technical Specifications at
>DAEC require a leak test be performed on sealed non-exempt sources every
>six months. Questions have arose on whether a liquid source which is
>only sealed by a cap on a vial and used for perparing aliquots of
>smaller quanity sources could be interpreted as a "sealed" source for
>Technical Specification purposes. I have searched through the NRC HP
>Position Papers without any luck. Thanks in advance. 
>-- 
>Albert W. Wolff Jr 
>Health Physics
>IES Utilities
>Duane Arnold Energy Center
>
>wolff.albert@mcleod.net
>awolff@ies-energy.com
>319-851-7837
>
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