Monday, November 30, 2009

India nuclear leak 'inside job'


Kaiga nuclear power plant (Photo: K Venkatesh)
The Kaiga plant is highly protected (Photo: K Venkatesh)

A "disgruntled" worker could be behind the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant in southern India, police say.

Preliminary investigations suggested it was an "inside job", a senior police officer told the BBC.

Police have moved into the Kaiga plant on the west coast of India, 450km (280 miles) from the city of Bangalore.

Fifty-five workers needed medical help for exposure to radiation after tritium contaminated a water cooler.

The Kaiga plant is highly protected and outsiders have little access to it.

Visit :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8385986.stm

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