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Tepco: Fukushima plant worker collapses for unknown reasons, suffers cardiac arrest — Internal and external radiation dose over 25 millisieverts

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Title: Fukushima Plant Worker Suffers Cardiac Arrest
Source: Jiji Press
Date: Aug 22, 2012

[Tepco] said Wednesday that a man in his 50s suffered cardiac arrest

“……[The worker] was installing an additional tank to store contaminated water when he collapsed for unknown reasons, TEPCO said.

He started working at the plant in August last year.

The cumulative combined radiation dose inside and outside the body of the man was at 25.24 millisieverts. On Wednesday alone, the dose was 0.03 millisievert, the power utility said….”

August 23, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized