Word: cartful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...summary said radioactive Phosphorus-32 dripped onto the floor in the Medical School's Building D on January 13 from a cart used to transport radioactive waste away from the laboratories. While the spill was not detected for two hours, "no radioactive material was found on individuals, except for trace amounts on the bottom of the shoes of a few employees," the summary said...
...report listed four causes of the spill: a mistake by a researcher in the preparation of a jar for waste disposal, a possible leaky cover for the jar containing Phosphorus-32, the failure of the waste collector to secure the jar in the cart and deficiencies in the cart...
...summary sought to downplay the radiological significance of the spill. It said that if the total amount of radioactivity that dripped from the cart were ingested by one worker, it would only be half the annual limit on intake established by federal regulations...
...allowed our agenda to be set by a supermarket tabloid...that we would not give shopping cart room to," Apple said...
...small amount of liquid phosphorous-32, a radioactive isotope of the element, leaked from a transport cart on route to a protective waste room. A researcher discovered traces of the radioactive isotope while conducting daily standard safety procedures...