Category Archives: health impacts

Over 1000 teachers given dosimeters in Fukushima Prefecture

Posted on May 28, 2011 by fukileaks

Fukushima Pref. teachers get dosimeters Teachers were given dosimeters Friday to measure radiation at kindergartens and schools throughout Fukushima Prefecture as the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant continues to release radioactive substances.The dosimeters were handed to representatives of … Continue reading →

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Japan to scrap limits for workers radiation dose to ensure staff can work

Posted on April 28, 2011 by fukileaks

Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times The health ministry plans to scrap the annual radiation dose limit for nuclear power plant workers at normal times for the meantime to secure enough workers for maintenance and … Continue reading →

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Female worker exceeds dose limit probably from ingestion inside an unfiltered office

Posted on April 28, 2011 by fukileaks

Female worker at nuke plant suffers radiation dose exceeding limit Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that one of its female employees was exposed to radiation doses far above the legal limit at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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Plume model by MEXT – half air deposition at sea by March 24?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by fukileaks

WSPEEDI modelling (computer simulation) maps have been published by MEXT… the second page of this document models the “Organ dose of I-131 for infants on March 25”, but I have no idea what they assumed to be the total release … Continue reading →

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