Sellafield admits safety breach after workers exposed to radiation
Published at 16:41, Friday, 24 July 2009
Sellafield Ltd has admitted that two of its contractors have been exposed to radioactive contamination.
Whitehaven magistrates heard that two workers received an internal dose of radiation during decontamination of an area of concrete floor.
The case has been committed to Carlisle Crown Court for sentencing on August 21.
Nigel Lawrence, prosecuting, for the Health and Safety Executive, said the two men, John Heron and John Trodden, were exposed to radioactive material at the site in July 2007.
Mr Lawrence said the seriousness was borne “out of the extent” of the contamination.
Sellafield agreed that it had breached health and safety laws.
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