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No CCTV video to facilitate Kaiga nuke plant probe | Investigating agencies are finding it tough to probe the alleged leak at the Kaiga nuclear plant here, as no CCTV cameras were placed near the water cooler, the place where the leak took place. The radiation leak has left 55 employees in the maintenance unit of
the plant with suspected radiation poisoning. They are being treated for increased
level of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen in their bodies, after they
drank water from the cooler located in the operations area on Tuesday. Tritium,
also known as Hydrogen-3, is used in research, fusion reactors and neutron generators.
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar had on Sunday said the leakage
at the Kaiga nuclear plant appears to have been a malevolent act of a disgruntled
employee. Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Singh
Chavan also said it was an act committed by a disgruntled employee. Investigating
officers are now working with the footage gathered of nearby areas. They have
also narrowed the probe down to 10-15 suspects. Dr S K Jain, CMD, Nuclear Power
Corp has said it will not be tough to find the suspect, as the authorities have
a list of all those having access to the water cooler. B Bhattacharjee, a member
of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said, "It seems some mischief
person inserted some titrated water and contaminated the whole cooler." Intelligence
bureau officials will examine finger prints found on the cooler and match it with
the data available in the plant's biometric security system. |
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