By Brittany Chain For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 23:48 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 23:49 BST, 24 June 2019
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Two employees at a nuclear plant were exposed to excessive radiation (stock image)
Two employees at a nuclear plant were exposed to a radiation dose equivalent to cancer radiation therapy while they were working.
A recently opened $168million medical lab at the nuclear facility in south Sydney's Lucas Heights was temporarily closed down after reports three employees were exposed to unsafe levels of radiation.
Despite initial reports suggesting three people had been affected, only two employees presented with symptoms of excessive exposure.
A spokesman for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation confirmed they had opened an
