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21:52, August 29, 2008 |
The European Commission said Friday it had received an overnight alert from Belgium concerning a radioactive leak at the Institute National de Radio-elements (IRE) in Fleurus.
There had been a release of gaseous Iodine-131 from this facility, said the commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU).
The incident had been classified Level 3 on the seven-level International Nuclear Event Scale on Tuesday.
Belgian authorities have implemented protective action on the basis of environmental sample analyses, with restrictions imposed on the consumption of local food produce -- vegetables and milk --up to a distance of 5 km.
The commission has immediately forwarded the alert notification to all EU member states and Switzerland.
Source: Xinhua
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