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Worker exposed to radioactive substance at German nuclear plant

Worker exposed to radioactive substance at German nuclear plant Earth Times  22 Jan 2010 Muenster, Germany – A worker has been accidentally exposed to a radioactive substance, uranium hexafluoride, at a uranium enrichment plant in Gronau in northern Germany, officials said Friday…..The Urenco company gave no details on how the substance escaped in the container preparation unit at Germany’s only enrichment plant on Thursday…..The plant enriches uranium for use in nuclear-power reactors. Anti-nuclear groups have vainly called for it to be closed.

January 24, 2010 - Posted by | general | , , ,

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