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Workers Demand Nuke Plant Accident Video

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BOISE, Idaho (CN) – The Department of Energy offered shifting, bogus excuses for refusing to provide a video of an accident in a nuclear plant that exposed workers to radioactive plutonium, two workers claim in court.
Brian Simmons and Ralph Stanton sued the Department of Energy in Federal Court.
The complaint states: “On November 8, 2011, workers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR) Facility, were packaging plutonium (Pu) reactor fuel plates. Two of the fuel storage containers had unusual labels indicating potential abnormalities with the fuel plates located inside. When INL workers opened one of the storage containers, they discovered a plutonium fuel plate wrapped in plastic and tape. When the workers attempted to remove the wrapping material, an uncontrolled release of radioactive contaminants occurred, resulting in the contamination of 16 workers and the facility, including plaintiffs Brian Simmons and Ralph Stanton. The sequence of events leading up to the release of contaminants, the uncontrolled release itself, and the emergency response at the ZPPR facility were all recorded on video.

via Courthouse News Service.

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