The UN atomic watchdog said it is seeking more information about reports of a radioactive waste scandal at the University of Delhi,with one person already dead from radiation poisoning. India's atomic energy regulator the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) is currently investigating a claim that Delhi University buried radioactive material on its campus 20 years ago. Local police also blame the university for dumping an irradiation machine containing radioactive cobalt-60 which ended up in scrap yard in New Delhi,where it killed a 35-year-old worker and put seven others in hospital. International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman Marc Vridricaire said the watchdog had become aware "of the possibility of a serious radiation emergency at Mayapuri in New Delhi" via media reports on April 9. It had also seen media reports this week "of a fatality caused by exposure to radiation in Indian scrap metal yards.
