Dounreay tightens safety in wake of £15,000 fine over contaminated sta
July 23, 2007 - via news.scotsman.com All rights reserved.
THE operator of the Dounreay nuclear plant claims it has tightened safety procedures after being fined £15,000 yesterday for health and safety failings that led to a worker breathing in plutonium.Two employees at the Caithness site were exposed to the radioactive material as they disposed of contaminated lead bricks in a laboratory last year.
One received a plutonium intake which will remain in his system for life.THE operator of the Dounreay nuclear plant claims it has tightened safety procedures after being fined £15,000 yesterday for health and safety failings that led to a worker breathing in plutonium..
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