Many facilities find themselves in a position of having unused, unwanted, or orphaned sealed sources. Often these sources are placed in storage to be handled at a later date with no actual plan for disposal. Unfortunately, maintaining these sealed sources on your inventory increases the liability to the facility as aging sources are more prone to leaking – creating a regulatory headache. Additionally, these unwanted sources must still be inventoried, leak tested, and secured from unauthorized removal.

Because most sealed sources are long-lived (half-life greater than 120 days), they cannot simply be decayed on site. The options for disposal are returning the source to the manufacturer or to a licensed radioactive waste broker. With the cost of disposal constantly increasing, the cheapest time to dispose of these sources is now.

Olympic Health Physics can assist you in ridding yourself of these unused, unwanted sealed sources and help identify the most cost-effective solution for your unique situation. We can aid in identifying sources that should be slated for disposal, facilitate return to the vendor, assist in shipping of radioactive materials, interface with regulatory