The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precaution
Not only is the article being upvoted, but the implication behind your comment contradicts the actual harm caused to the workers - which is no harm at all, treated water is safe, they’re safe. How exactly would a crowd that defends nuclear power be mad at this information?
They were taken as a precaution because they were exposed to the threshold of safe levels of radiation and they’ll be chilling at the hospital for a couple weeks of observation as per standard for those kinds of events. The workers are stable.
Honestly this article doesn’t seem like it should have even been written for how much of a non-issue it is. It was a workplace incident where the individuals are being checked out at the hospital as a precaution.
I work in the freight industry and if we had an article written about every incident that was this much of a non-issue we’d have about 500 PER DAY.Source.
This article will get down voted by Lemmy’s rabid nuclear energy crowd.
Not only is the article being upvoted, but the implication behind your comment contradicts the actual harm caused to the workers - which is no harm at all, treated water is safe, they’re safe. How exactly would a crowd that defends nuclear power be mad at this information?
The title is a bit misleading
They were taken as a precaution because they were exposed to the threshold of safe levels of radiation and they’ll be chilling at the hospital for a couple weeks of observation as per standard for those kinds of events. The workers are stable.
Honestly this article doesn’t seem like it should have even been written for how much of a non-issue it is. It was a workplace incident where the individuals are being checked out at the hospital as a precaution.
I work in the freight industry and if we had an article written about every incident that was this much of a non-issue we’d have about 500 PER DAY. Source.
It was written for the sole purpose of anti-nuclear propaganda.
Most people only read the title and it will be used as a gotcha