Marking Contaminated Area in Mayapuri

Aisha Mahmood and Pushpinder Singh mark off a contaminated area in Mayapuri. They are part of a team of Greenpeace radiation experts surveying the Mayapuri scrap market in Delhi where exposure to radioactive material (Cobalt-60) in the previous month claimed one life and caused injuries to many more. The Cobalt-60 originated from a Gamma Irradiator which the Delhi University auctioned to a scrap dealer.

Unique identifier: GP022BH

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/05/2010

Locations: Asia, India, Mayapuri, New Delhi

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Sudhanshu Malhotra

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Radiation Survey in Mayapuri Scrap Market

Greenpeace radiation experts Stan Vincent and Jan Vande Putte survey the Mayapuri scrap market where exposure to radioactive material (Cobalt-60) in the previous month claimed one life and caused injuries to many more. They join a team of Greenpeace activists marking off the contaminated area. Radiation from a Cobalt 60 source (a radioactive isotope of cobalt) killed one person and injured six persons in this western Delhi metal scrap market. The Cobalt-60 originated from a Gamma Irradiator which the Delhi University auctioned to a scrap dealer. The International Atomic Energy Agency has termed it as a Level 4 accident.

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