2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:36:44 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, WORKERS: Newport News (VA) "Shipyard upgrades protective clothing"
 
Shipyard upgrades protective clothing
After a May incident in which a worker's clothing was contaminated with a trace amount of radioactivity, Northrop Grumman implements new precautionary measures.

Peter Frost
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
9:16 PM EDT, July 7, 2010

NEWPORT NEWS - Shipyard employees whose work involves exposure to radioactivity will be required to wear upgraded protective clothing as part of a handful of new precautionary measures adopted by Northrop Grumman Corp.

The changes are the result of a detailed investigation conducted in the wake of a May incident in which a trace amount of radioactive material was found on the clothing of a worker at the Newport News shipyard, said Margaret Mitchell-Jones, a Northrop spokeswoman, in a statement.

That worker, who the company would not name, was performing radiological surveys in a tank aboard the nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on May 25 when the contamination occurred, the yard said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/business/ports/dp-nws-shipyard-radioactive-20100707,0,2512390.story

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