TN: Radiation contamination in respirators at weapons plant

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Source: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/67484

Radioactive contamination found in breathing tubes
Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 15:40

* By FRANK MUNGER, Scripps Howard News Service


OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Operations involving the use of respirators at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant here were suspended last week after it was discovered that some of the plant's respiratory equipment -- including masks and breathing tubes -- was radioactively contaminated.

The findings were stunning because the equipment had supposedly been certified as clean...
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[Shiloh]

Re: TN: Radiation contamination in respirators at weapons plant

Source: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/18/y-12-says-max-exposure-equal-to-10-chest-x-rays/

Y-12 says max exposure equal to 10 chest X-rays

* By Frank Munger
* Knoxville News Sentinel
* Posted February 18, 2012 at 4 a.m.

OAK RIDGE ? The government's contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant says the maximum radiation dose any worker could have received from using a dirty respirator was about 100 millirems ? roughly the equivalent of having 10 chest X-rays.

That's based on the most contaminated equipment found so far as B&W Y-12 continues to investigate the extent of the problem at the Oak Ridge plant, where workers use respirators to protect themselves while performing tasks in certain radiological areas...