Hyderabad faces little risk of radiation hazard

  • 30/11/2009

  • Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Hyderabad, Nov. 29: Hyderabad, which meets the uranium needs of all nuclear power plants in the country, is relatively safe from radiation hazards. Though most of the city-based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is not under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, it has developed its own safety mechanism over the years to prevent radiation hazards to its employees and people living in the vicinity. There have been quite a few instances of mishaps in the NFC since it was set up in 1971, but there