[CPEO-MEF] Pantex (TX) technician exposed to low-level radiation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Technician at Pantex contaminated by low-level radiation

Associated Press
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
April 7, 2005

AMARILLO, Texas - A technician at the Pantex Plant was not trained
properly and wore inadequate safety equipment, and protocol was not
followed to limit radiation exposure, a nuclear safety agency's report
on a March incident concluded.

"Questions were raised regarding access control to radiation areas, work
planning and unanalyzed exposure," a March 4 report from the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board said. "The work was performed in a
radiological area without the appropriate personal protective equipment
.... radiological operations evaluation, worker training and pre-job briefing."

The technician works for Sandia National Laboratories but was at Pantex,
the nation's only nuclear weapons dismantling and assembly site, doing
radiological work, according to a statement from Dan Glenn, Pantex site
office manager.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/11336057.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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