Kakrapar nuclear power plant confirms radiation leak (sounds local to plant premises)

[Emily]

Actually this sounds like more of an industrial accident, rather than a leak.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/9446839.cms

Kakrapar nuclear power plant confirms radiation leak
Himansshu Bhatt, TNN | Aug 1, 2011, 10.55PM IST
[snip]
The four daily-wage labourers were exposed to radiation when they were cleaning and painting a tunnel called the Spent Fuel Transfer Duct (SFTD). The control room released a pair of spent fuel bundles in the duct while the labourers were in it. According to Dutta, "The workers came out when realized that something was amiss as their thermo luminiscence detectors started glowing.'' ...

The dosage was estimated to be somewhat higher than a whole body cat scan.

[LaMenchos]

Re: Kakrapar nuclear power plant confirms radiation leak (sounds local to plant premises)

KAPS [Kakrapar Atomic Power Station] is situated at 75 km from Surat and about 12 km from Vyara which is the main city of Tapi district. [in Gujarat, northwest corner of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:In...cator_map.svg] It produces 440 MW from two units of 220 MW each which went critical in 1993 and 1995. Two more units of 700 MW each are being built and the work will be completed by 2015. "Yes, the incident happened due to human error but the workers were not affected as the dose and quantity was very small," said P K Dutta, station director of KAPS. "All four were examined in our hospital to check for any radiation affect on their bodies. But, it was found that the radiation they were exposed to was only up to 90,000 million rays or 90 mSv (milli Sieverts). They were sent home as they within our radiation limits," he added.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-01/surat/29838174_1_radiation-kaps-kakrapar

See "Nuclear Power in India" for background on this and other plants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India