Plutonium radioactive exposure to 17 workers at Idaho nuclear waste laboratory
Seventeen workers exposed to radiation at Idaho lab, By Laura Zuckerman, SALMON, Idaho | Tue Nov 8, 2011 (Reuters) – Seventeen workers were exposed to low-level radiation from plutonium on Tuesday at a U.S. Energy Department nuclear research lab in Idaho, but there was no risk to the public, the government said.
The accident at the Idaho National Laboratory occurred inside a facility used for remotely handling, processing and examining spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste and other irradiated materials, the lab said in a series of statements.
The so-called Materials and Fuels Complex is located near the edge of the sprawling 890-square-mile laboratory site in the high desert in eastern Idaho about 38 miles from the city of Idaho Falls……
At least 17 employees were working inside a decommissioned research reactor when “a container was opened for normal, scheduled work, resulting in low-level worker exposure to plutonium,” the statement said….. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-nuclear-lab-idaho-idUSTRE7A77QW20111108
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