Radiation leakage in Delhi panics nuclear establishment
The News | April 11, 2010
NEW DELHI: The discovery of at least nine powerful Cobalt-60 sources of nuclear radiation, which have fatally infected five people in a West Delhi industrial area, has sent shock waves among the local population as well as nuclear establishment in India.
Experts fear that many more people might have been exposed to strong radiation and would be in need of immediate medical attention.
Panic gripped Mayapuri industrial locality after news broke out that exposure to a ‘mysterious shining object’ had resulted in the emergence of strange symptoms in the owner of a scrap shop who was admitted to hospital on 4th April. India’s scientific community was alerted once the doctors diagnosed the symptoms as a result of exposure to strong doses of nuclear radiation. Nuclear and medical experts from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Narora Atomic Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh were rushed to the site to scan the area and help doctors confirm the diagnosis.
Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope of Cobalt was confirmed as the source of radiation.
According to the experts, this is not the first incident when radioactive material has found its way to the unauthorised places in India raising the specter of it being used in nuclear terrorism.
Security at Indian nuclear facilities has been breached time and again when nuclear material was stolen from nuclear installations. As late as Nov 2000 Indian Police seized 57 pounds of Uranium and arrested two persons for illicit trafficking of radioactive material. Lack of security at the Indian nuclear plants was underscored recently when on 25 Nov 2009 some rogue elements at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka, laced the drinking water with Tritium , contaminating at least 90 employees.
Death of a nuclear scientist, under mysterious circumstances at Kaiga in Jun 2009 has further raised the issue of security of personnel at the highly sensitive nuclear reactors of India, particularly those chosen to remain outside of the IAEA scrutiny.
The discovery of clandestine radioactive material in Delhi only serves to highlight the poor state of affairs at the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the authority for controlling the security of radioactive material in India , say analysts.
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Unfortunately 1 person has died on 26th April due to Multi Organ Failure. This incident shows how dangerous radiation can be . India i a dumping ground for western countries. while there is lot of people surviving on the imported scrap processing industry, country has responsibility to ensure that harmful wastes like radio active material and chemicals are not dumped into our country. People should come forward and post complaints about such activity. There has to be people movement against govt. policies which allow western countries to dump waste into India.
http://www.complaints-india.com/Medical-Complaints/Other-Medical-Service-Complaints/
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