Tepco Says Fukushima Worker’s Radiation Nears Limit Allowed
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said at least one worker at its damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power has been exposed to radiation levels near the maximum level allowed by the government.
The man, hospitalized for radiation burns last month, was exposed to 240.8 millisieverts of radiation, company spokesman Takashi Kurita said at a press conference in Tokyo today. The cumulative maximum level for nuclear workers, set by the government, is 250 millisieverts.