radiation exposue at st lucie

[Norman Cohen <ncohen12@comcast.net>]

> Radiation Exposure at Nuclear Plant

>

> ASSOCIATED PRESS

>

> HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla.- Federal officials are investigating

> how 28 nuclear power plant workers were exposed to radiation

> during a maintenance operation.

>

> Florida Power & Light, owner of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant,

> said plant employees and several outside contractors inhaled

> radioactive particles Oct. 6 during maintenance work on one

> of the plant's two units.

>

> The radiation was at a "very low" level, and none of the

> workers reported feeling sick, the company said.

>

> FPL officials expected some radiation to be released during

> the operation, and two workers who were pressure-cleaning

> beneath the top part of the reactor in the 230-foot-tall

> building were wearing protective suits. However, the 28

> workers 62 feet above them were not wearing any protection.

>

> "The dose is expected to be kept as low as reasonably

> achievable, and in this incident we're not sure that's what

> occurred," said Len Wert, an Atlanta-based branch chief for

> the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which supervises

> inspectors at Florida's nuclear plants.

>

> In August, the NRC ordered 69 of the nation's 103 nuclear

> reactor facilities to test certain reactor heads after

> inspections revealed corrosion and cracks at two plants in

> South Carolina and Ohio. This was the first such cleaning at

> the St. Lucie plant.

>

> Federal inspectors are investigating whether FPL followed

> government guidelines, said NRC spokesman Roger Hannah.

>

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