Re: cnn news - Sellafield Leak

[David Abbott <abbott@washops.llnl.gov>]

I found the following at
http://www.engineering-uk.co.uk/engineering-uk/news/FEB74.html

Accident at Sellafield


An accident at the Sellafield Magnox reprocessing plant caused six workers
to be contaminated with radio activity this week.  The plant has been
closed for 34 weeks for an extensive refit,
the incident happened when one of the old loading machines 'came into
contact' with a girder and gave off a small cloud of radioactive particles.
A spokesman said that the six employees were among 20 individuals in the area.

7/2/97


At 10:45 AM 2/11/98 -0600, Lieskovsky, Miro wrote:
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>Dear Radsafers:
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>The following is a copy of a CNN news:  There are no direct references.
>Is anybody aware of this?
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>Miroslav Lieskovsky's Custom News:
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>Sciences:Nuclear
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>Northwest England Faces Threat of Radioactive Contamination.
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>Itar-Tass
>11-FEB-98
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>LONDON, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - A radioactive leakage was spotted at
>the British biggest nuclear processing complex in Sellafield where
>around 50 tons of plutonium are stored. 
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>It was reported that the radioactive leakage might put the health of the
>population in northwest England in jeopardy. It was established that
>areas adjoining Sellafield had been contaminated with radioactive
>substances. 
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>According to preliminary reports, birds are perishing in the
>contaminated areas. 
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>P.S.: ...lobotomy? The way to go! 8^)
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David Abbott
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
abbott@washops.llnl.gov