by Nelle Maxey, web exclusive
NHK WORLD, Oct. 9, 2013: […] The Nuclear Regulation Authority says at least 6 workers were sprayed with the contaminated water and are being checked for radiation exposure. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, says the workers mistakenly detached a water pipe
from a joint near a desalination device on Wednesday morning. The accident caused contaminated water to leak for about 50 minutes. […] The water is highly radioactive, containing 37 million becquerels of beta ray-emitting material per liter. […] Worker errors have been occurring frequently at the Fukushima Daiichi plant […]
[Video at Link: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20131009_23.html]
AFP, Oct. 9, 2013: Six Fukushima workers doused with radioactive water […] The fluid splashed onto the men when they accidently removed a pipe connected to the system, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said. […]
Reuters, Oct. 9, 2013: […] “Several tonnes” of water spilled at the treatment facility but were contained within the site, a Tepco spokesman said. Water at the treatment facility most recently had an all-beta radiation level of 30,000,000 becquerels per litre, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday. At least seven tonnes of highly radioactive water may have leaked at the facility, according to a Reuters calculation based on the latest figures released by Tepco. […] The Nuclear Regulation Authority said on Wednesday the incident was equivalent to “Level 0″ on the International Nuclear and Radiological Events Scale (INES), [no significance safety issue – ed] but did not give an official rating. […]
