MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spain's Nuclear Safety Council is checking some 800 people for contamination after a radioactive leak in a nuclear plant turned out to be bigger than originally reported.
The council says 579 people have been scanned and none so far has shown signs of contamination.
A statement on its Web site Tuesday says the leak at the Asco I nuclear power station on the Ebro River, 44 miles upstream from the Mediterranean Sea, was greater than initially reported by the controlling company. The council says it is opening a probe.
The leak is believed to have taken place last November. |