"The workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant may be aware that they are risking their lives while doing their jobs. However, the state and electric power companies should also think about their families. If I had heard it was 'dangerous,' I would not have sent Nobuyuki to the nuclear power plant," Michiko Shimahashi said. "The workers who have done nothing wrong should not die. The emergency upper limit should be cut immediately."
Workers' compensation for nuclear power plant workers rarely receives a mention."There are many people who are benefiting from the nuclear power plant and do not want other members of this small community to know about compensation," Ishimaru points out.
When it comes to being entitled to workers' compensation due to diseases other than cancer, the hurdle is much higher.
Of 10 nuclear power plant workers who have developed cancer (prior to Fukushima) and received workers' compensation in the past, nine had been exposed to less than 100 millisieverts of radiation, it has been learned.
The revelation comes amid reports that a number of workers battling the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant were found to have been exposed to more than the emergency limit of 250 millisieverts, which was raised from the previous limit of 100 millisieverts in March.
NOTE: Low levels of radiation over a long period of time are as dangerous as short term high levels. Learn more!
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