By Kyeland Jackson —
A possible fluorine leak triggered alarms in U of L’s Shumaker Research Building Sunday. Within minutes, emergency crews responded and determined it was a false alarm.
“We believe that cabinet lost power, which caused the alarm,” Major Kirby Martin said.
Research Associate Indika Wijayasinghe works in the lab where the leak was reported.
“We have a laser that uses fluorine gas, that (fluorine) is not hooked up to the laser,” Wijayasinghe said.
The fluorine is in a pressurized cylinder, held within an air cabinet which normally vacuums exposed gases.