Lucas Heights nuclear medicine production halts after workers exposed to unsafe radiation
Production has stopped at a newly opened nuclear medicine facility at Sydney's Lucas Heights after workers there were exposed to an unsafe dose of radiation.
Key points:
- Contamination was detected outside a container holding Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99)
- ANSTO says the exposure is equivalent to a conventional radiation therapy treatment
- It comes less than two weeks after the facility was granted a licence to produce Mo-99
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) said three workers were "attended to by radiation protection personnel" after contamination was detected on the outside of a container holding 42 millilitres of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) on Friday morning.
"Initial indications are that two of these workers received a radiation dose above the statutory limit," a spokesperson said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-24/lucas-heights-nuclear-facility-workers-exposed-to-radiation/11242278
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