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Developing: NM radiation leak
CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) - The Department of Energy announced Wednesday tests show 13 employees at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad were exposed to radiation.There will be more testing to see if more people were exposed, and an investigation into how this happened in the first place. The underground facility, which stores low-level contaminated waste from Los Alamos and other nuclear sites, is still closed. No one knows yet how bad the situation is in that storage area, but the Department of Energy sent out a letter Wednesday to tell people in two counties what they do know so far. In a letter to the people of Eddy and Lea counties, DOE said the radiation that got into the air Valentine's Day was likely at very low levels, no more risky than a chest X-ray. Eddy County Manager Rick Rudometkin said he is confident DOE is handling it. "We've got top men working on it. Top men." Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-02-27 |
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