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usually fatal 4Sv
by dean 8/30/2011 1:45:48 PM

fatal dose even with treatment 8Sv
by dean 8/30/2011 1:46:01 PM

Ten minutes next to the Chernobyl reactor core after the explosion and meltdown = 50Sv
by dean 8/30/2011 1:46:54 PM

www.phantis.com @Lilly, hot pocket article
by dean 8/30/2011 1:48:45 PM

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) reported on Monday that radiation exceeding 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour was found at the bottom of a ventilation stack standing between two reactors.
by dean 8/30/2011 1:49:18 PM

So how does that calculate to the distance we see the worker in the picture? The radiation dose minus distance away?
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 1:52:10 PM

majiasblog.blogspot.com have you seen this lilly?
by dean 8/30/2011 1:52:44 PM

@ lilly, apply the inverse square law
by dean 8/30/2011 1:54:17 PM

reduction by the square of the distance
by dean 8/30/2011 1:54:33 PM

Press releases say he worked for a week, was in hospital for a week and died on Aug 16th So he worked the first week of Aug. We can see if that matches to the radiation survey they were doing. But with all the pockets being found exposure could be simply not the one in the photograph.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 1:55:18 PM

In TEPCO's latest Daini status report, as well as a concerning reference to problems with the cooling system there, there was this mention of a worker having been diagnosed with heat-stroke on August 29: www.tepco.co.jp
"Poor physical condition of a site worker of co-operating company On August 29, in the heater building* of unit 4, condition of a site worker of a co-operating company who was in charge of rerouting the temporary cable got worse. At around 10:50 am, as heat stroke was suspected, we treated the patient with drip infusion and at 11:26 am, we transferred to J-Village by our ambulance. At 11:58 am, the patient was transferred to Iwaki Kyoritsu Hospital by ambulance. No radioactive material attached to the body was found. (announced on August 29)
At 4:00 pm on the same date, the patient was diagnosed as having heat stroke (limited to indoor work on light duty for a day or two). We keep on improving the work environment. We also encourage prevention measures for heat stroke including co-operating companies."
by es 8/30/2011 1:55:43 PM

the article on that link I had talked of a worker saving pets I think inside the 20 km area... were you aware of that one too
by dean 8/30/2011 1:58:23 PM

www.tepco.co.jp

Unit 4, Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station Accumulated water in Primary Containment Vessel (pictured on August 29, 2011)
by es via Tepco.co.jp 8/30/2011 1:58:36 PM

The claims on that blog are likely false.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 1:58:37 PM

@lilly, if that worker was 10 feet from the source mentioned the worker would receive a dose of 100msv/hr IF he stayed in the area... a higher dose if closer to the hot spots
by dean 8/30/2011 1:59:30 PM

I have contact with both of the groups coordinating rescues in and out of the zone. They communicate with the other individuals and groups going in, helping, shelters etc. This would have been mentioned loudly if someone had died due to being in the zone doing rescue work. I have been emailing with one of the English speaking reps of the group doing the rescues about an interview of the group. I will let her know this story is going around.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:00:41 PM

fukushima-diary.com this one was on aug 14 about a volunteer person died of acute leukemia
by dean 8/30/2011 2:01:26 PM

excellent contacts @ lilly
by dean 8/30/2011 2:02:00 PM

ajw.asahi.com for reading @ lilly
by dean 8/30/2011 2:06:18 PM

I will return.. doc appointment
by dean 8/30/2011 2:06:29 PM

Thanks Dean. :-)
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:07:55 PM

www.tepco.co.jp

Checking inside of the reactor containment vessel of Unit 4, Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station - Opening an airlock door for workers (pictured on August 29, 2011)
by es via Tepco.co.jp 8/30/2011 2:08:50 PM

The gamma camera photos of the hot spot that was 10 sVh was on August 2nd. The week this guy was working there. So there was this specific incident and likley there was more survey work being done that week. Strange "coincidence"
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:11:49 PM

@ES. can you email me? Elaine and I had a question for you. :-) lillymunster@gmail.com
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:12:09 PM

@lillymunster Done.
by es 8/30/2011 2:16:51 PM

Press Release (Aug 30,2011)
Permanent Compensation for Nuclear Damages by the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station: www.tepco.co.jp
by es 8/30/2011 2:22:16 PM

Just heard back from Hatchiko Coalition. The animal rescue worker story is confirmed as bogus.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:23:22 PM

@lillymunster I'll try to clear some extra time next week to pick up some slack while you're gone. Not with nearly your tirelessness, I'm sure, but I'll do the best I can. :)
by RadioGuy 8/30/2011 2:48:07 PM

@RadioGuy :-) If we can get the more urgent news pushed out things will be spiffy. I have a couple of articles I will pre-load for the week also.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 2:50:40 PM

Worker death article done. We can do follow ups as more information comes out.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:04:31 PM

TEPCO Press Release (Aug 30,2011)
Submission of report regarding "Regarding the additional opinion of NISA for the analysis of reporting the results of evaluation of earthquake-proof safety of existing reactor facilities for power generation, referring to the new earthquake-proof standards established based on the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake, 2011 (additional instruction)": www.tepco.co.jp
by es 8/30/2011 3:17:42 PM

TEPCO Press Release (Aug 30,2011)
Partial corrections to results of nuclide analyses of radioactive materials at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of TEPCO provided in previous press releases: www.tepco.co.jp
by es 8/30/2011 3:17:59 PM

Dust-sampling Opening of Reactor Building of Unit 1, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
(pictured on August 28, 2011): www.tepco.co.jp
by es via Tepco.co.jp 8/30/2011 3:19:23 PM

www.tepco.co.jp
Dust-sampling Opening of Reactor Building of Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (pictured on August 29, 2011)
by es via Tepco.co.jp 8/30/2011 3:20:12 PM

@ES, that panel was removed on unit 2, not blown out as was reported early on. Look at it, it has levers. ;-) Very interesting. People had wondered if they had removable panels on the buildings..
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:21:57 PM

@lillymunster , I doubt that the poor man was member of a monitoring team. Stumbling over a hotspot, his monitor would have maxed out and he would have backed away immediately. When a safety tech is exposed to a record-breaking dose, the incident would have been obvious right then and there. It should be in tepco's best interest to retrace the steps of this man as accurately as possible. I wonder whether all workers, also the subs and temps, are equipped with personal dosimeters now.
by Peter Melzer 8/30/2011 3:22:05 PM

@Peter Melzer they all have dosimeters but many of them are admitting they ditch them to go into high rad areas to lower their recorded dose so they can keep working.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:23:07 PM

@lillymunster Madness.
by RadioGuy 8/30/2011 3:23:33 PM

What is really a big problem is TEPCO's handling of these worker issues. They make some clearly bogus statement that doesn't make sense in these worker death incidents and refuse to give any more detail. So people know they are lying but don't have enough information to conclusively do something about it. Why would TEPCO purposely bring question and accusation on themselves if these were truly innocent incidents.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:27:49 PM

I am still flummoxed. If that guy had leukemia already so bad that he passed away within a week or so, he must have looked sick as a brick on his first day on the job. That he could even work all day is enigmatic to me.
by Peter Melzer 8/30/2011 3:28:07 PM

@Peter Melzer Exactly. You can't be 2 weeks away from death by leukemia and pass a physical let alone go work in all that heat.
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:28:57 PM

Berkeley has new milk testing out www.nuc.berkeley.edu
by lillymunster 8/30/2011 3:31:22 PM

@lillymunster , exactly. Heatstrokes and heart attacks are unrelated to radiation. But leukemia cuts close. This incident will come to haunt them.
by Peter Melzer 8/30/2011 3:32:16 PM

@lillymunster @Peter Melzer Unless they recruited him/he applied because he was terminal already?
by RadioGuy 8/30/2011 3:34:17 PM

This looks like 3 weeks from healthy to dead. What kind of dose is that? Did it say the week he worked and the illness were back to back?
by RadioGuy 8/30/2011 3:36:39 PM