Honeywell conversion plant has series of incidents in May

摘要

Six workers were treated at Honeywell’s Metropolis,nIllinois uranium conversion plant when it experiencedna “minor leak” of uranium hexafluoride May 31 whilenshut for maintenance, according to company spokesmannPeter Dalpe. The leak occurred while plant operators werenpreparing to conduct annual maintenance work, afternthe plant closed a few days ahead of schedule because ofnequipment damage that occurred earlier in the month