TEPCO workers exposed to radiation beyond limit (so Gov'mt raise limit)

[jannyk]

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will raise the limit of radiation for its workers at nuclear power plants. It says the workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have been exposed to more than the current limit of radiation.

The company revealed the information in Tokyo early Saturday.

The company had set a radiation limit of up to 100 milli-sieverts exposure for each shift of emergency work at the nuclear facility.

But many workers engaged in cooling down the reactors after the quake were exposed to more than 100 milli-sieverts.

The power company says it has decided to raise the limit to 150 milli-sieverts for some outdoor workers as the current trouble is unprecedented and demands urgent measures.

The Japanese Health Ministry has already increased the limit to 250 milli-sieverts.

The electric company says it is doing its best to protect workers' health. It says it will not send any worker exposed to more than 100 milli-sieverts to another round of work at the reactors.

Saturday, March 19, 2011 08:04 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/19_07.html

[Sirveri]

1. Makes me want to volunteer to go over and help out...

Seriously, too bad I don't speak Japanese, but I was a qualified radiation worker. 1/4 the dose needed for rad poisoning, they'll need to get some more people in there to replace the workers soon.

[PoliticAverse]

2. If you keep changing a limit it's not really a limit... n/t