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Worker Gets Probation in Radiation Possession

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Associated Press

A former Wright-Patterson Air Force Base radiation safety officer was placed on probation by a federal judge Tuesday on a charge that stemmed from a 1986 spill of radioactive material at the base.

U.S. District Judge Walter Rice ordered James W. Lewis, 62, of Enon, to serve two years of probation on a charge of illegally possessing highly radioactive americium. The judge also ordered Lewis to perform 200 hours of community service.

Lewis pleaded guilty to a charge of knowingly possessing a quantity of unsealed radioactive americium that was not authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. No one was injured in the spill of the radioactive powder.

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