Danger lingers at Fukushima plant

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 16, 2023 12:09 am

TOKYO, Japan: A worker at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning up the facility crippled in 2011.

Radioactive materials may have touched the worker's face on Monday as he took off a full-face mask after finishing his work, operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said Thursday.

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