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BOSTON--An internal investigation of a January radioactive spill in Building D of the Harvard Medical School has concluded the accident produced no health risk, according to a report summary prepared by the school and the University's Environmental Health and Safety Office...
...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...
...Sometimes there's up to 12 of us, and we spill into the other booth," agrees fellow chanteuse Camilla Titcomb...
...SPILL COULD BE A FLUKE. TWO SPILLS, and suspicion rises. Three in a row looks like a dangerous trend. So in the wake of the disastrous trio of tanker accidents off the coasts of Spain, Scotland and Sumatra, E.C. ministers convened an emergency meeting in Brussels. The officials proposed policies to ensure that companies spilling oil pay for the damage, and also agreed on the need to declare environmentally sensitive areas off limits to tankers...
Kinneman said that Harvard, which is licensedby the NRC to use phosphorus-32, is required tomaintain information on the spill for the NRC toreview during its annual visit...