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Worker Falls into Reactor Pool at San Onofre

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Story Published: Feb 3, 2012 at 11:47 AM PDT

Story Updated: Feb 3, 2012 at 12:59 PM PDT

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a worker fell into a reactor pool at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San DiegoCounty last week but he didn't receive a significant radiation
dose.

Southern California Edison spokesman Gil Alexander says the man was leaning over to retrieve a flashlight when he lost his balance and fell into the Unit 2 reactor pool on Jan. 27.

The pool's more than 20 feet deep and holds water that circulates through the reactor core.

Alexander told media outlets that the worker, who's employed by a private contractor, was
wearing a life preserver. He received 5 millirems of radiation.

That's not considered a major dose and he went back to work the same day.

By comparison, a chest X-ray provides about a 4-millirem dose.
 
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