A high-level meeting will soon discuss Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to scan and dispose of junk materials carrying radioactive waste.
The meeting will be attended by officials of the Department of Atomic Energy, Prime Ministers Office, Home and Health ministries besides representatives from various intelligence agencies.
The move comes close on the heels of radioactive leaks detected in an industrial area of West Delhi recently as officials of various ministries expressed ignorance as to whether the junk was checked for radioactive materials, official sources said here on Wednesday.
In the meeting, the SOPs would be finalised on checking the junk, which is also imported at times from different countries, before being sold off to scrap dealers.
Last week, panic was triggered in Mayapuri locality after news of a radiation leak spread, with six persons falling ill after coming in contact with a "mysterious shining object" in a scrap shop, later identified as Cobalt-60.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/top-govt-meet-on-delhi-nuclear-scare-20029.php
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