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Radio active leak at Delhi's IGI Airport
Updated : Oct 9, 2016
A suspected radioactive leak was reported at the cargo terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital on Sunday morning although the NDRF and NDMA teams who rushed to the spot immediately allayed any fears of a major outbreak and even gave an all clear post a thorough follow up.
Officials of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, who were testing the leaking package, confirmed that it contained a low-intensity radioactive substance used in nuclear medicine. Tests are still on for further confirmation.
Even if the leak turns out to be radioactive, it is not dangerous if a safe distance of around 3 meters is maintained from the package, they said. DIAL is a GMR Group-led consortium which manages and operates the airport. According to officials from the fire tender department, the said material arrived from Paris in an Air France flight and was medicinal in nature, usually used for cancer treatment.