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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: Federal Lab Ban From Using Radioactive Materials |
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Here is a recent news article I just read. This is the normal management DOUBLE TALK! 
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Thu Jul 3, 12:02 AM ET
BOULDER, Colo. - Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials have ordered a federal laboratory to STOP using radioactive materials until it can show its procedures are safe after a plutonium spill.
A vial cracked June 9 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology lab. About one-fourth of a gram of powder containing plutonium spilled.
Institute officials have said a few employees had internal plutonium exposure and were being treated.
Radiation was found in two buildings and that internal plutonium exposure can lead to cancer, officials said.
No threats to public health or the environment have been identified, commission officials have said.
James Turner, NIST deputy director, has called the spill "unacceptable" and said in a statement Wednesday that officials are investigating how it happened and how to prevent spills.
"We have fully cooperated with Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors and will continue to do so," he said.
Turner said NIST is consulting with medical experts about the health effects of plutonium exposure and making sure the affected personnel receive treatment. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_re_us/plutonium_spill |
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