Scottish Authorities Probe Discovery of High-Level Waste Found in Gardens

摘要

Scotland's Ministry of Defense is launching an investigation into high-level radioactive waste discovered in the gardens of two homes in Dalgety Bay. The investigation comes after a government-commissioned report concluded that materials discovered in the gardens of two private homes -and possibly several other properties - contain high levels of radium-226, emitting 21 becquerels of radioactivity per gram. "The results of the preliminary risk assessment indicate that residents of properties ... may be exposed to doses in excess of allowable government standards, the government report concludes.