Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant decommissioning
process faced challenges and risks as a worker here has been found with
elevated radiation levels in his nose, said authorities.
Fukushima nuclear plant has faced a
major nuclear accident in 2011.
As per Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the
employee is speculated to have removed his full-face mask after completing tasks,
exposing him to potentially radioactive materials.
Tepco assured the worker is not facing
any immediate health issues, and a comprehensive full-body scan revealed no
signs of internal contamination.
The authorities ensured availability of a
comprehensive analysis of the situation next month.
It was the second such incident in three
months after four workers were splashed with water containing radioactive
materials in October, with two of them hospitalised as a precaution.
The nuclear power facility was razed to
ground by a huge earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that led to lose of 18,000
people. It was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.
The clean-up operation is likely to take
decades, with the most dangerous part-removing radioactive fuel and rubble from
three stricken reactors-yet to begin.
In August, Japan began releasing into
the Pacific the equivalent of 540 Olympic swimming pools worth of treated
wastewater that had been collected since the catastrophe.
Tokyo asserts that the water is
harmless, a view backed by the UN atomic watchdog, but China and Russia have
banned Japanese seafood imports.
NE Watch Desk
