[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, WORKERS: Newport News (VA) "Shipyard upgrades protective clothing"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Shipyard upgrades protective clothing
After a May incident in which a worker's clothing was contaminated with 
a trace amount of radioactivity, Northrop Grumman implements new 
precautionary measures.

Peter Frost
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
9:16 PM EDT, July 7, 2010

NEWPORT NEWS - Shipyard employees whose work involves exposure to 
radioactivity will be required to wear upgraded protective clothing as 
part of a handful of new precautionary measures adopted by Northrop 
Grumman Corp.

The changes are the result of a detailed investigation conducted in the 
wake of a May incident in which a trace amount of radioactive material 
was found on the clothing of a worker at the Newport News shipyard, said 
Margaret Mitchell-Jones, a Northrop spokeswoman, in a statement.

That worker, who the company would not name, was performing radiological 
surveys in a tank aboard the nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt 
aircraft carrier on May 25 when the contamination occurred, the yard said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/business/ports/dp-nws-shipyard-radioactive-20100707,0,2512390.story

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Lenny Siegel
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