Seven workers exposed to radiation at Kakrapar Incident took place 2 months back but it came to light only after workers submitted memorandum to Tapi collector
Rishi Banerji l Surat In an incident that could be shocking, seven persons working at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station near here were exposed to high level radiation but officials allegedly tried to cover it up. Though the incident took place two months back, it came to light only when the affected workers submitted a memorandum to Tapi district collector on Saturday. In the memorandum, they have sought action against those responsible for the mishap. On the day of the mishap, the seven persons were doing painting work at the SFTD (Spent Fuel Transfer Duct) tunnel of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, located near Vyara in Tapi district. Station officials had asked them to finish the painting work before 1:00 pm on that day. While the seven were working inside the SFTD tunnel, the refuelling operator in the control room accidentally discharged a pair of spent fuel bundles into the tunnel. This made the workers inside the tunnel come in contact with high radiation. Four of the workers were exposed to more than 5000 MR radiation, while three others to less than 5000 MR. But officials neither provided any treatment to the workers nor took any action against the operator. "The Direct Radiation Dosimeter, which was given to us as a safety device against radiation, stopped functioning when the spent fuel bundles were released into the tunnel. This made us realise that we had come in contact with high radiation levels. After that incident, we have been offered neither any work nor any compensation by the authorities," Dilesh Chaudhry, one of the workers, said. "The operator was not aware that the seven persons were working inside the tunnel. This is totally a human error and we are trying to help all the seven workers," said JP Dutta, director of atomic power station at Kakrapar. Power plant has become a curse for Kheda village, -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.* * * *http://saynotoaadhaar.blogspot.com/* *http://aadhararticles.blogspot.com/* *http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1*< http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
