1997 Vaalputs Storage Facility Accident
Workers are forced to clean up a nuclear waste spillage at Vaalputs. The contract workers hired to clean up defective nuclear waste containers in a trench are outsourced as a ‘casual job’, and are not provided with protective clothing.
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