No Radioactive Contamination Detected Outside Beaver Falls Scrapyard
On
February 23, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) was notified that recycle scrap contaminated with
radioactive material was shipped from a PSC Metals, Inc. facility in
Beaver Falls, PA, to two facilities in Ohio. A radium-226 source of
unknown origin was accidentally shredded with other materials, then
shipped to processing facilities in Ohio.
A team from DEP’s
Radiation Protection Program took extensive readings at the Beaver Falls
scrapyard. Elevated readings were found on one large metal shredder
and on gloves used by two workers. DEP is performing additional testing
to ensure that there was no skin contamination. Radium-226 can be
harmful if ingested.
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