[ RadSafe ] 30 Japanese Workers at Fukushima Exposed to High Radiation

[Perle, Sandy]

Once again, no specific dose provided so what the workers have been
exposed to is anyone's guess. And what is the definition of safe? Is this
a dose that meets the regulatory limits in Japan? Is it a dose within the
250 mSv the workers are allowed for saving life? Are these whole body
exposures or extremity exposures, where there are higher limits? There is
nothing learned from this one sentence in the article. It is meaningless.

Regards,

Sandy

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On 4/24/11 2:13 PM, "RRGWNYEnviro at aol.com" <RRGWNYEnviro at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
>30 Japanese Workers at Fukushima Exposed to High  Radiation
>_World_ (http://www.novinite.com/category.php?category_id=30)   | April
>23,
>2011, Saturday
>
>
>
>Thirty workers at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan  have been
>exposed to levels of radiation higher than the ones determined  as safe.
>The news was reported Saturday by the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
>citing
>the NPP operator TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co).
>TEPCO further announced plans to build underground walls surrounding  the
>damaged reactors in order to stop contaminated water from spreading in
>the
>environment.
>Workers will have to dig 15 meters down in the ground to reach dirt which
>is  not permeable and build the walls from this point up.
>The Fukushima NPP sustained severe damage from the March 11  9-point
>magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake and following tsunami.  TEPCO
>poured
>tons of sea and fresh water on the reactors in a cooling  effort which
>led to
>leaks of contaminated water in the soil and the Pacific.
>Very truly yours,
>M.Sato
>RRG: Ryokan Route Gento (Grand Mali Park)
>WNY: West Noga (area) Yokohama
>Environment Monitoring
>
>
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