This has reference to the news item in the Times of India dt. 17 October, 2011: “Staff exposed to nuclear radiation – Tritium risk for some Kalpakkam workers”.
The news item states that some workers are exposed to nuclear radiation above permissible levels.
By going by the report, none was exposed to doses above permissible. Exposure to Investigation Levels which are 3/10th of the permissible levels is not an issue at all. In fact, tritium is the least radiotoxic radioisotope and hence least harmful. As a matter of abundant precaution, these levels of exposures are also investigated and corrective actions taken.
It is unfair to the nuclear industry to misquote the report and raise hue and cry on this normal exposure situation in any nuclear reactor.
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