Non-Proliferation

NNSA Drops International Isotopes for Field Services Work After Seattle Cesium-137 Spill

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International Isotopes said Tuesday it would no longer provide radiological field services for the Department of Energy, after the federal agency put a hold on all existing contracts in the wake of a cesium-137 spill last May during a job in Seattle.
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