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Japan probes whether Fukushima workers’ radiation levels were under-reported
Japan’s labour minister on Tuesday ordered an investigation into claims that subcontractors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant told workers to lie about their radiation exposure. Yoko Komiyama told a press briefing in Tokyo that she had launched a wide-ranging probe, including checks on a firm at the centre of…
Japan firm ‘told workers to lie’ about radiation dose
A subcontractor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant told workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure in an apparent effort to keep its contract, reports said Saturday. An executive at construction firm Build-Up in December told about 10 of its workers to cover their dosimeters, used to measure cumulative…
Study: CT scans put children at heightened risk for leukemia
Researchers have warned doctors to ensure that CT scans carried out on children are clinically justified, after a government-funded study found that exposure to ionising radiation during such scans could triple the risk of under-15s developing brain cancer or leukaemia later in life. Two or three scans would be sufficient…
Scientists say worst radiation exposures in life happen at doctor’s office
Where in life would you say that you get the highest doses of radiation? Would you say it’s from the television or cell phone? TSA scanners at the airport? If you did, you’d be wrong. According to The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, most people receive their highest levels of…
Minor accident in Indian nuclear plant: report
Four labourers were exposed to low levels of radiation at an Indian nuclear plant at the end of May after an error in the control room, a report said Tuesday. The Times of India, quoting the director of the Kakrapur Atomic Power Station in eastern Gujarat state, said the labourers…
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