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Underestimation of radiation exposure to Fukushima workers

Radiation estimates for No. 1 workers likely 20% too low: U.N .Japan Times 13 Oct 13 KYODO  NEW YORK – THE RADIATION DOSES WORKERS RECEIVED IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER MAY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED BY 20 PERCENT, A REPORT BY A U.N. PANEL SAYS.

The U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation said in a summary report on its website that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co., known as Tepco, used tests that failed to take into account some types of radiation released by the three meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in March 2011……http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/13/national/radiation-estimates-for-no-1-workers-likely-20-too-low-u-n/#.UlxMO9JJMgs

October 16, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2013