40% of workers cite radiation concerns at Fukushima plant

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Last year, Tokyo Electric Power Company conducted a survey of approximately 5,500 workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant about their working conditions, and found that 40% of them were worried about radiation while working. The survey is conducted every year, and those who are worried...

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40% of workers cite radiation concerns at Fukushima plant

By KEITARO FUKUCHI/ Asahi Shimbun, Staff Writer, February 2, 2025  Forty percent of the workforce at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant worry about radiation issues on the job, a nearly three-fold spike over the previous year, a survey found. More than half of those respondents cited fears of their body coming into contact with a radioactive substance. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator that conducted the annual survey, said re…