http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Radiation%20ExposureFALLON, Nev. -- At least two Boeing Co. workers have been exposed to potentially harmful doses of radiation at the Fallon Naval Air Station, company officials confirmed.
The two men were exposed over a three-month period while working around an X-ray machine used to check for metal fatigue on Navy fighter jets. The machine was staying on when it appeared to be turned off, Boeing officials said Thursday.
Base and company officials were still trying to determine how the malfunction happened and the exact amount of radiation each man received. Meanwhile, officials have stopped X-raying aircraft at the base.
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The problem was detected in late May, more than two months after radiation badges showing high levels of exposure were sent to a private lab, base spokesman Zip Upham said.
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