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Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Apr 1, 2014 3:41:43 GMT
AP : Tests: 4 more workers contaminated at NM nuke dumpCARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) -- The Department of Energy says tests show four more workers were contaminated with low levels of radiation during a leak at federal government's underground nuclear waste dump. Officials also said Monday that they're planning to get a crew underground Tuesday for the first time since the Valentine's Day accident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico. The DOE says a total of 21 workers received low doses of radiation, all well below levels deemed unsafe. On Tuesday, the DOE said it plans to send a team of team of eight experts into the half-mile deep mine to begin setting up bases from which they can start investigating what caused the leak. The dump is the nation's only permanent underground repository for low-level radioactive waste from nuclear weapons facilities. news.yahoo.com/tests-4-more-workers-contaminated-2324
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