NEW MEXICO SENATORS TOM UDALL AND MARTIN HEINRICH ARE WEIGHING-IN ON THE RADIATION LEAK AT THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT NEAR CARLSBAD. THEY'VE SENT A LETTER TO THE EPA ASKING THE AGENCY TO PROVIDE MOBILE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING UNITS TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT TESTS.
A LEAK BACK ON FEBRUARY 14TH EXPOSED 13 WORKERS TO RADIATION. THOUGH NO EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION WAS DETECTED, SOME SIGNS OF INTERNAL EXPOSURE WERE FOUND.
OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
