Category: Radiation Exposure

Problems emerge in operations to bring the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident to an end, and in decontamination operations Nuke Info Tokyo No. 153

We demand the abolition of the multi-layer subcontractor system and the provision of jobs and wages for workers whose total accumulated radiation exposure has exceeded the official limit Two years have passed since the...

An Attempt to Estimate Early-stage Radiation Exposure Dose at the Location of Every Household in Iitate Village, Fukushima Nuke Info Tokyo No. 153

Independent Study for Determining Early-stage External Radiation Exposure and Thyroid Exposure due to Inhaled Radioiodine Tetsuji Imanaka, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University Immediately after the occurrence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March...

Labor Standards Inspection Office in Yokohama recognizes death of Fukushima nuclear worker as eligible for compensation Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148

  Medicare room at J-Villege (Photo by TEPCO) On February 24, the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office (LSIO) determined that the fatal heart attack of a worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, at the Fukushima Daiichi...

Fukushima Nuclear Power Station: Radioactive contamination spreading daily Concerns about damage to health due to radiation exposure Nuke Info Tokyo No. 145

  Workers boarding bus to Fukushima Nuclear Power Station from J-Village bus station (Photo released by TEPCO) Damage from radioactivity released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is spreading and there are no...