The State - News from Feb. 7, 1988
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A Rancho Seco nuclear power plant worker was exposed to a high dose of radiation, officials said. Carl Andognini, Sacramento Municipal Utility District nuclear chief, said a microscopic piece of radioactive cobalt was discovered on the clothing of a Rancho Seco welder. Andognini said that under the worst possible assessment of exposure, the unidentified worker received a dose of 450 rems, six times the legal lifetime skin dose of 75 rems.
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