IOL: nuclear Environment
IOL: Environment: "Dr Chris Busby, a nuclear physicist and adviser to the British government, said the former Pelindaba workers could have been exposed to internal radiation, delivered by radioactive dust particles they had inhaled.
He said this had been known to happen in other nuclear facilities around the world.
'When things are chucked around, as is the case with any industrial process, radioactive dust is released in the air. It gets into the lungs, where there is a release of radiation, giving cells a high dose of radiation,' he explained.
Normal radiation detectors often did not detect these radioactive dust particles because they measured a different form of radiation.
Low-level radiation exposure was linked to various forms of cancer, birth defects, abnormalities and neurological disorders, Busby added.
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He said this had been known to happen in other nuclear facilities around the world.
'When things are chucked around, as is the case with any industrial process, radioactive dust is released in the air. It gets into the lungs, where there is a release of radiation, giving cells a high dose of radiation,' he explained.
Normal radiation detectors often did not detect these radioactive dust particles because they measured a different form of radiation.
Low-level radiation exposure was linked to various forms of cancer, birth defects, abnormalities and neurological disorders, Busby added.
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