Mumbai A Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) employee handling some containers suffered radioactive contamination of the hands on Tuesday. BARC officials called it a minor incident and said the employee was decontaminated instantly and has rejoined duty.
Mumbai: A minor incident of radioactive contamination was reported at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay here, on Tuesday.
Department of Atomic Energy spokesman S.K. Malhotra told The Hindu over telephone that two drops of a radiochemical spilled out of a flask while the chemical was being handled in the radiochemical laboratory.
A Month after the Delhi University's Chemistry Department was found responsible for the Cobalt 60 radiation leak at Mayapuri that killed one and injured several, a high-level Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has been set up to examine the issue of 'handling of radioactive material'.
New Delhi: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has identified and accounted for all the cobalt-60 radioactive sources originally present in the gamma cell irradiator of the Chemistry Department of Delhi University.
New Delhi: Less than a week after HRD minister Kapil Sibal asked it to come up with regulations, University Grants Commission on Tuesday set up a fivemember panel headed by G K Rath of the department of radiology, AIIMS, to frame guidelines on the use, storage and disposal of radioactive and hazardous chemicals.
