New Radiation Limits Raised 500% for Fukushima Plant Workers

New Radiation Limits Raised 500% for Fukushima Plant Workers

http://theintelhub.com/2011/04/20/new-radiation-limits-raised-500-for-fukushima-plant-workers/

In order to stabilize the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, the government is planning to raise the radiation exposure limit for the workers from the current 250 milli-sievert/year.

The radiation exposure limit for workers at nuclear power plants is 100 milli-sievert/year, but the limit has been raised to 250 milli-sievert/year to deal with the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident.

According to the government sources, the higher limit is being considered because it is getting increasingly difficult to have enough workers to work on the plant.

Also, the radiation inside the Reactor buildings is high, and the annual limit of 250 milli-sieverts may not be high enough to achieve the goals laid out by the TEPCO road map.