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15 Jun 2014

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Sudan Tribune

Sudan’s oil ministry acknowledges radiation incident, downplays its impact

Sudan's oil ministry acknowledged...that foreign workers have been exposed to radiation at an oil facility in West Kordofan state attributing the incident to a common technical error. The state minister at the Ministry of Oil, Hatim Abu al-Gasim, said that oil facilities in Sudan are subject to high security and safety procedures according to international standards which allows it to avoid oil incidents that occur in similar facilities worldwide...Al-Taghyeer...reported...that 70 workers were directly exposed for three consecutive days to the radiation emitted by a device called "Source." One of the engineers reportedly left the device used in oil exploration inside the workshop without properly securing it at its underground location which is 200 kilometers away from the workers. The Chinese oil company urgently evacuated the workers to Khartoum in order to undergo medical tests. One of the workers, who requested anonymity, told the newspaper...that the device remained at the workshop frequented by workers and engineers without any protection...