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New Mexico nuclear facility has 4 more workers positive for radiation

Four more workers test positive for radiation from New Mexico site BY LAURA ZUCKERMAN Mar 11, 2014   (Reuters) – Four more workers have tested positive for exposure tied to an accidental release of radiation from an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico, but tests have shown no further contamination in two sections of the site, officials said on Monday.

This brings to 17 the number of workers exposed to radiation at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, but a U.S. Department of Energy spokesman in a statement characterized the level of exposure as “very low.”…..http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/11/us-usa-newmexico-radiation-idUSBREA2A07F20140311

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