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| "Radiological contamination event" at Idaho National Lab |
| 2011-11-10 |
| At approximately 1 p.m. today, Idaho National Laboratory emergency personnel began responding to a radiological contamination event involving at least 17 [later corrected to 16] employees at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) on the INL Site. The employees were conducting work inside the decommissioned Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR) when a container was opened for normal scheduled work resulting in worker exposure to plutonium. All 17 employees have been transported to the Central Facilities Medical Center on the INL site for further evaluation. The employees underwent initial decontamination at MFC. There is no evidence of a release of contamination outside the facility. There is no risk to the public or environment. Please note that INL is the official source for event information. Any information from other sources may be incomplete or inaccurate. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #3 ..you understand that tens of thousands die every year from radiation exposure to the largest continuous nuclear reaction in the local neighborhood - skin cancer from sun exposure. Why are more people not excited about shutting that down? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-11-10 12:28 |
| #2 Umm where do u live ? sigh comments like these who needs a contamination event we will all be killed by the stupidness bomb |
| Posted by: play4keeps 2011-11-10 11:01 |
| #1 Don't be such girls. It's just a little plutonium. I mean, it's not like somebody left a bunch of depleted uranium anti-tank shells laying around. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-11-10 04:56 |