Two workers carrying out cleaning work on a pipeline at the damaged Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima were infected by radioactive water leak and were admitted to a hospital, the managing company announced today TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company).
According to the relevant information, the two employees (aged around 20 and 40) they were taken to Fukushima University Hospital and remain under medical observation although they have not shown any serious symptoms.
The accident happened yesterday Wednesday when workers were performing cleaning work on an Advanced Fluid Treatment System pipeline (Advanced Liquid Processing System or ALPS) that filters the water used to cool the remaining nuclear fuel at the station.
Ones flexible hose is out of place, as a result, about 100 milliliters (ml) of the radioactive liquid spewed out, which contaminated the employees, according to the company’s announcement.
One of the two workers was detected with 6.6 millisieverts (mSv) of beta radiation, above the prescribed safety limit of 5 mSV. TEPCO emphasizes that the two employees were not wearing the waterproof protective equipment required to perform work at the station.
They underwent a decontamination process at the station’s facilities, but the radiation levels did not drop significantly even nearly nine hours after the accident. They were re-disinfected at the hospital, where they will remain under medical observation for at least two weeks, TEPCO said.
Source: News Beast
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