SAGA, May 12 (News On Japan) –
A male employee cleansing Reactor Unit 3 on the Genkai Nuclear Plant in Saga Prefecture was discovered to have suffered inside radiation publicity, marking the primary such confirmed case at Kyushu Electric, the corporate introduced on Sunday.
The incident occurred on May tenth throughout common inspections on the Genkai plant. The employee, employed by a associate firm, was cleansing the reactor vessel lid when a radiation verify performed earlier than leaving the managed space detected contamination close to his face.
Further measurements led to the conclusion on May eleventh that the employee had been internally uncovered to a small quantity of radioactive materials.
The publicity stage was measured at 0.02 millisieverts—about one % of the annual common pure radiation dose of two.1 millisieverts. The employee just isn’t experiencing any well being points.
This is the primary time Kyushu Electric has confirmed an incident involving inside radiation publicity.
Two different staff who had been cleansing the lid alongside him weren’t uncovered. The firm is at the moment investigating the trigger.
Source: RKB毎日放送NEWS