A worker at an MIT nuclear reactor facility has been exposed to "higher-than-normal" levels of radiation.

Between July 1 and September 30, the worker had been exposed to 80 percent of the total radiation a person should ever encounter in a year. We presume that the worker has been moved to an other department.

MIT swiftly issued a "don't panic" statement, saying that the worker is okay. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the facility now.

This can't be good news for MIT. They already encountered media scrutiny in 2005 when an ABC News crew was able to get close to the facilities. MIT vigorously defended itself against charges that it was lax with security.