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The Ferrovial company reported this Friday to the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) of the appearance in the municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid) of

three equipment for measuring the density and humidity of the land

containing radioactive sources.

As the CSN explained in a statement, during the removal and dismantling of stockpiles of materials, containers and machinery from different works over the years, "two teams from the

Troxler

brand

and one of the

Berthold

brand

.

All of them were

in their own transport case

and housed inside a locked container with no access to it.

In this context, the CSN has indicated that orphan radioactive sources are being

safely

guarded

until their subsequent transfer and management, following the provisions of Royal Decree 451/2020, of March 10, on control and recovery of radioactive sources. orphans, are you

The Troxler density meters will be

returned to their country of origin

(USA) and the Berthold equipment will be withdrawn and managed by Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, SA (Enresa).

In no case has the location and removal of the aforementioned equipment posed any risk to the workers, the population or the environment.

The appearance of these orphan radioactive sources is classified as level 1 on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES).

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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