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Los Alamos Worker Seriously Burned

A Los Alamos National Laboratory employee is in critical condition after being burned in an accident that also sent eight other workers to the hospital.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that lab spokesman Kevin Roarke says the accident happened around noon Sunday and is being investigated.

Los Alamos Medical Center Director of Marketing Mary Beth Maasan says one patient was transported to the burn unit of the New Mexico University Medical Center and another was admitted to the Los Alamos hospital in stable condition.

Seven others were treated and released.

The accident was at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, a late 1960s building that contains a linear accelerator.

The center has been cited for safety issues, including a 2012 incident when a worker unknowingly opened a canister containing uncontrolled radioactive material.

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