[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Walter Reed Army Hospital exposures (DC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Walter Reed patients, staff may have been exposed to radiation in May


By Christian Davenport
Washington Post
August 26, 2010

Two packages of radioactive material sat under a counter in the main 
lobby of Walter Reed Army Medical Center for 44 hours, possibly exposing 
patients and staff to elevated radiation, according to an investigation 
by federal regulators.

The packages were delivered May 1 to the hospital's concierge, who 
stored them under the counter, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission. The intended recipient, the hospital's administrative 
officer, didn't locate the package until the next Monday, two days 
later. An NRC spokesman said that the agency is not aware of anyone 
being harmed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/25/AR2010082505823.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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