Arizona Guardsmen seize a radioactive factory
For months, radioactive tritium had been leaking from the American Atomics Corp. factory in central Tucson, Ariz. The plant, which used the substance for luminous signs and watch dials, had shut down in July after state investigators found a tritium-tainted chocolate cake in a nearby kitchen that supplied lunches to 40,000 city schoolchildren. Radiation levels higher than normal were also found in the urine of local residents and in the water of a parochial school swimming pool. Rather than fight to retain its license, American Atomics decided to leave the state. Said Company President Peter Biehl:...
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