The man (In his 50's), who had been working near a storage area at the Fukushima
Dai-ichi plant, was dug out and rushed to a hospital, but he was
unconscious and his heart had stopped beating. Friday’s fatality was the fifth death among the workers involved
in the cleanup operation at the Fukushima plant. According to
TEPCO, three people have died from heart attacks and one died
from leukemia.
The company said that none of the deaths were related to radiation exposure as the workers are thoroughly monitored and removed from duty after reaching an annual radiation limit.
Three reactors went into meltdown and exploded after the March 11, 2011, tsunami damaged the plant’s cooling system. Although Fukushima wasn't as bad as the Chernobyl disaster, Thousands
of workers wearing masks and suits to guard against radiation, are
working on the cleanup and decommissioning, which is expected to take
decades.
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