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We have to bear in mind that from the 6 or 7 types of acute leukemia known to modern medicine only one has ever been linked to ionizing radiation exposure, and that one takes several months to years upon diagnose to lead to death. Of those types, there is only one that can lead to death in days or weeks and this one has never been directly associated with ionizing radiation. It is, therefore, according to our modern knowledge of medicine, highly unlikely that any of those reported deaths in Fukushima-Daiichi (or from people who had worked there in the first months after the accident) would be directly related to exposure to low or high doses of radiation at the site. That is, unless the doctors who have assisted the workers and conducted the autopsies are lying, which I also find highly unlikely.

@lillymunster When did that Hanford case happen? Is it fully documented?

@lillymunster I remember a documentary (I believe it was reposted here in the scribble not long ago) about the Manhattan Project where the workers and even some of the technicians were totally unaware of the risks involved. But, that was 70 years ago... times have changed in that respect.

@lillymunster Well, that's exactly what I mean. It is very hard and expensive to go to that level of cover up nowadays. And it usually never lasts long until someone leaks information. I don't think the nuclear industry can afford a state of the art cover up system.

South Korea 'The 680,000kW No. 1 reactor at Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do has been shut down due to a malfunctioning component. The reactor, the design life of which expires on November 30 this year, malfunctioned just six months after comprehensive maintenance that lasted two years and three months, prompting controversy over its safety. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd (KHNP), stated on Thursday that the reactor had been shut down at around 4:24 that morning after a temperature sensor on one of its four reactor coolant pumps malfunctioned. No radiation leak had occurred, and the reactor would be restarted within two to three days'....The Korea Federation of Environmental Movements issued a statement saying, “Until this accident, the Wolseong No. 1 reactor has recorded 51 malfunctions over 30 years due to flaws in machinery and components, including radiation leaks, coolant leaks, and reactor shutdowns. Local residents and civic groups have been demanding that the reactor be decommissioned but the government unreasonably restarted it in July last year.' hisz.rsoe.hu

@Shadow They never do. My country has been involved in a dispute about a recent major cover up involving the Government, the Courts, the secret services, the energy industry and the masonry. It's been all unfolding now. Some people are just two greedy. Power corrupts.

@Shadow Right. I'm usually pretty lucky on Fridays the 13th... maybe I will win the European lottery today.

@Pedro Jesus I don't tempt any of the Gods if I can help it.;)

@ ALL, Take care, gotta go. :-)

@bo Target in what way? They harass the poor and foreigners out of nothing? That's the first time I hear that.

@bo I see, well that marginalization happens all around. There is a reason behind it. But if you have nothing to hide you're all right. Times change. Decades ago I'd be searched by the police for walking the street at night only because I have long hair and used to wear dark clothes. Times change, though. Good night.

@M.I.A. Well, that is a different angle of what we are discussing. I do not argue that the police is overprotected by the law and that police officers usually are also protected by the courts after committing a crime. I was just arguing that nowadays, when some cover up does happen, we find about it and it doesn't take that long for information to leak through the security levels. And in the case of workers' deaths related to Fukushima-Daiichi we haven't seen any shred of evidence pointing in that direction. That's the point I was trying to make.

@Pedro Jesus Then time will tell, one way or the other, about the workers. And if there has been a cover-up attempt, hopefully the participants will be suitably punished.