Nothing says 'oops' like a penalty that won’t even dent the electronics giant’s coffee budget
Two Samsung employees suffered X-ray radiation exposure at a chip fab near Seoul, and electronics giant is only facing a small ₩10.5 million fine for two violations of South Korea's Atomic Energy Safety Act., the incident occurred during maintenance on a device that uses X-ray fluorescence to measure the thickness of chemicals applied to semiconductor wafers.
The machine behind the incident. Clockwise from upper left, wafer box loading, semiconductor wafer input, rear of the equipment showing two doors, front side - Click to enlarge According to the NSSC report, one individual received a whole body effective dose of 15 millisieverts and a skin equivalent dose of 94 Sieverts; the other experienced 130 mSv of whole-body exposure, and 28 Sv of skin-equivalent dose. The limit for whole-body exposure in South Korea is 50 mSv per year, with a skin limit of 0.5 Sv annually.
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