Plutonium Incident at Los Alamos
From Times Wire Reports
Eight workers at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory were exposed to a dangerous plutonium isotope, but no plutonium was released into the environment, the department said. Four of the employees began receiving medical treatment after tests showed possible exposure to plutonium-238 at potentially dangerous levels. Tests on the others indicated no need for treatment, the laboratory in New Mexico said.
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