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

[Ludwig E. Feinendegen]

You are so right - and thank you.. Ludwig


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From: "Perle, Sandy" <sperle at mirion.com>
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> 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:
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>>
>>
>>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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