A Dimona nuclear reactor technician, who has contracted cancer twice since retiring, is being compensated in excess of NIS 1 million, N12 reported on Sunday.
“G”, a 78-year-old pensioner from Beersheba, worked as a chemical technician in the Dimona nuclear reactor for 32 years before retiring in 2003.
The retired technician claimed constant exposure to hazardous materials and radiation, which resulted in him developing five cancerous tumors that were surgically removed, as well as battling bladder and prostate cancers.
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He also claimed that he was not given adequate supervision and radiation protection while working in the reactor.
“I’ve been going through a troubling time in my life. I couldn’t believe my job would put me in this situation,” he allegedly wrote in an application to Social Security.
A Geiger counter measures radiation exposure at a fire site in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, outside the village of Rahivka, Ukraine, April 5, 2020. (Credit: YAROSLAV YEMELIANENKO / REUTERS)
In addition to the compensation of NIS 1 million, ‘G’ will receive a monthly payment of more than NIS 10,000 for the rest of his life.
“In the 1960s there was no awareness of these dangerous substances, who would have thought that this was the case,” said ‘G’ according to N12.
“After everything I’ve been through, the only consolation is that I can at least live with dignity for the time I have left.”
Officially the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, the Dimona reactor has been in operation since 1958.
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