Word: spill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...radioactive spill two weeks ago in a Medical School building has raised concerns about Harvard's compliance with safety procedures for radioactive substances...
...spill, which evacuated two Medical School buildings, resulted from improper procedures for collecting radioactive materials, according to Robert Hallisey, director of the Massachusetts Office of Radiation Protection...
...spill of the radioisotope phosphorus-32 was not serious enough to warrant an immediate inspection of the site, said John Kinneman, an NRC inspector...
...clear that Harvard knew what was going on and they were addressing the cleaning of the spill," Kinneman said. "It didn't rise to a level that required corrective action...
Hallisey, who led the state Nuclear Incident Advisory Team that first searched the buildings for contamination, said the spill was due to a sequence of three acts of improper waste collection...