British nuclear plant says radiation alert caused by natural radon gas

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British nuclear plant says radiation alert caused by natural radon gas

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-39-sellafield-says-detects-elevated-levels-radioactivity-084718936.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jNirBK6PgWja7yxFxAxVCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-31T103217Z_3_CBREA0U0PFZ00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-SELLAFIELD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photograph of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site near Seascale in Cumbria, northern England" align="left" title="File photograph of the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site near Seascale in Cumbria, northern England" border="0" /></a>By Belinda Goldsmith SELLAFIELD, England (Reuters) - Sellafield, the largest nuclear site in Europe, declared an alert on Friday after discovering higher than usual levels of radioactivity, but later called it off, saying naturally occurring radon gas had triggered the alarm. The fuel reprocessing plant in northwest England, the site of Britain's worst nuclear accident in 1957 and once the producer of plutonium for nuclear bombs, told non-essential staff to stay away after the abnormality was detected overnight. Before midday, the operating company, Sellafield Ltd, said it had found that radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from rocks and soil, was the cause.</p><br clear="all"/>

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