High radioactivity found in more Japanese workers
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High radioactivity found in more Japanese workers
* From: AFP
* May 30, 2011 5:33PM
More workers from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been contaminated by high levels of radioactive iodine, the operator said.
The workers, reportedly men in their 30s and 40s, have already been exposed to radiation levels higher than the recently boosted official annual limit, Japanese media suggested.
Numerous workers have already died from radiation exposure and TEPCO still refuses to give the exact numbers of radiation deaths
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it had been measuring the internal exposure to radiation of all employees involved in emergency work at the Fukushima Daiichi plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Internal exposure occurs when people take radioactive substances into their bodies through tainted air or food and drink.
The company notified the governmental atomic energy agency of the possible problem and the agency confirmed that "the thyroid glands of employees showed high levels of radiation (iodine-131)", TEPCO said in a statement.
The inspection by the government agency found 9,760 and 7,690 becquerels of iodine-131 in the thyroid glands of the workers, 10 times higher than other workers at Fukushima, reports said.
The employees were working at a variety of locations at Fukushima Daiichi, including the central control room, in March and April, including on March 11 and during the following days.
The tests sparked fears that their radiation exposure had been several hundred millisieverts, Jiji said.
A few days after the disaster, the Japanese government boosted the annual limit of radiation exposure for emergency workers to 250 millisieverts from 100 as the nation battled the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
Radioactive iodine is known to accumulate in the thyroid gland.
High radioactivity found in more Japanese workers
* From: AFP
* May 30, 2011 5:33PM
More workers from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been contaminated by high levels of radioactive iodine, the operator said.
The workers, reportedly men in their 30s and 40s, have already been exposed to radiation levels higher than the recently boosted official annual limit, Japanese media suggested.
Numerous workers have already died from radiation exposure and TEPCO still refuses to give the exact numbers of radiation deaths
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it had been measuring the internal exposure to radiation of all employees involved in emergency work at the Fukushima Daiichi plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Internal exposure occurs when people take radioactive substances into their bodies through tainted air or food and drink.
The company notified the governmental atomic energy agency of the possible problem and the agency confirmed that "the thyroid glands of employees showed high levels of radiation (iodine-131)", TEPCO said in a statement.
The inspection by the government agency found 9,760 and 7,690 becquerels of iodine-131 in the thyroid glands of the workers, 10 times higher than other workers at Fukushima, reports said.
The employees were working at a variety of locations at Fukushima Daiichi, including the central control room, in March and April, including on March 11 and during the following days.
The tests sparked fears that their radiation exposure had been several hundred millisieverts, Jiji said.
A few days after the disaster, the Japanese government boosted the annual limit of radiation exposure for emergency workers to 250 millisieverts from 100 as the nation battled the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
Radioactive iodine is known to accumulate in the thyroid gland.
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