Another man died in decontamination in Fukushima

Following up this article..Radiation level increased double within 20 days after decontamination

Another man (59) died in decontamination.

On 1/17/2012, Japan atomic energy agency announced a man, who was involved in decontamination of Hironomachi Fukushima, died on 1/17/2012.
According to their announcement, the man started decontaminating with other 6 people since 9AM of 1/17. He was squatting to take away the surface of the ground. Around 11:55AM, his coworker found him down on the ground, sent to the hospital to confirm he died.
The agency asserts it has nothing to do with radiation.

(Source)

除染中に作業員死亡=2人目、放射線影響せず-福島

日本原子力研究開発機構福島技術本部などは17日、福島県広野町周辺で実施している除染モデル事業で働いていた男性(59)が同日の作業中に死亡したと発表した。放射線被ばくが影響した可能性は極めて低いという。同機構の除染事業での死亡は2人目。
同機構などによると、この日は7人のグループで午前9時から作業を開始。男性はしゃがみ込みながら土を掘り起こし、表土を除去する作業をしていた。午前11時55分ごろ、倒れているところを同僚が発見し、病院で死亡が確認された。(2012/01/17-18:36)

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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