Up to 800 people checked after Spain radioactive leak

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http://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/475613/04/08/Up-to-800-people-checked-after-Spain-radioactive-leak.html

Up to 800 people checked after Spain radioactive leak0:09 - 15/04/2008

By Martin Roberts

MADRID (Reuters) - Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November, the nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said it had so far examined 579 out of between 700 and 800 people who had been through the Asco I nuclear plant in Tarragona since the leak and none had been found to have been contaminated.

The CSN said it was considering sanctions against the plant's operators for not providing it with enough information about the leak, which it considered to be more serious than originally classified.

The CSN was not advised until April 4 of the leak, which occurred during refuelling at the 1,000 megawatt Endesa-owned Plant.

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[fed-up]

1. leak of radioactive material-last NOVEMBER...CSN was NOT ADVISED until APRIL 4 of the leak WTF?? nt

[NNadir]

2. Any deaths? No? Been checking on people exposed to air pollutants lately?

No?

I guess you couldn't care less how many billions of people are exposed to air pollutants, and would never dream of paying to have them checked.

You concern is arbitrary, and morally indifferent.

This may come as a surprise to you, but millions of people have been exposed to radiation deliberately. Some people do it, for instance, to find out if they need a root canal.

Some people do it because they are dying of cancer and need treatment.

Why are some of them dying of cancer? Because scientifically illiterate anti-nukes couldn't care less how many people are exposed to dangerous fossil fuel wastes in the normal operations of dangerous fossil fuel plants.

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3. Zzzzzz....

Nothing to see here.

Nothing at all.