30 Japanese Workers at Fukushima Exposed to High Radiation

An aerial view of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Thirty workers at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan have been exposed to levels of radiation higher than the ones determined as safe.

The news was reported Saturday by the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS citing the NPP operator TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co).

TEPCO further announced plans to build underground walls surrounding the damaged reactors in order to stop contaminated water from spreading in the environment.

Workers will have to dig 15 meters down in the ground to reach dirt which is not permeable and build the walls from this point up.

The Fukushima NPP sustained severe damage from the March 11 9-point magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake and following tsunami. TEPCO poured tons of sea and fresh water on the reactors in a cooling effort which led to leaks of contaminated water in the soil and the Pacific.

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