On 05/09/13 11:28, GB wrote:
On 04/09/2013 21:08, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You mean from this particular spill? Do you have figures for how many
of their experienced staff have had to stop work because of radiation
limits? Or are you saying it's just 2 since the original problems
started? If so, I must express my surprise.



As far as I know only two workers have been laid off because they had
reached teh 100mSV limit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_50

"Over 30 workers are radiated beyond 100 mSv by 23 April 2011."



Since the actual accident they wear suits when in higher level radiation
zones. Why would they not? They have also used robots.

I think they are only wearing paper overalls and particulate masks.
The idea is to protect against ingesting/breathing in radioactive
particle.

Pretty much anything protects against beta radiation when it is
outside the body. The beta radiation risk is from radioactive
particles inside. That's why pluton
Plutonium is not serious at all. I am not sure anyone ever died of
plutonium.
Polonium..is a different matter.


The suits won't protect against gamma radiation and they provide no
effective defence against alpha radiation. (This is all me dredging
this info up from my school/university days, 40 years ago, so please
excuse any hopefully minor inaccuracies.)


The main reason for not wanting to work on the site is that they don't
seem to be managing the place terribly well.


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