Super Breaking News: A Fukushima worker died of acute leukemia

8/30/2011, Tepco announced that a Fukushima worker died of acute leukemia.
They say,the worker was from one of the sub-contract companies,male in 40s.
He had not had worked at a nuc plant before Fukushima,he was working at the plant for one week.

He died on 8/16,so probably he started working on 8/8 or 8/9.
The total exposure dose was 0.5 mSv. They checked he did not have internal exposure.

He was working at a back room. His job was to open and close the door for other workers come in and go out from the room.
For the question of an NHK reporter ,"Why did it take a half month to disclose the fact?"

They answered they were arranging for the privacy.

They emphasized that it has nothing to do with his work at the plant.

- Why now ?

The NHK reporter had a point. Why did they take 2 weeks to announce the accident.Their saying "They were taking care of the privacy" does not make any sense.

One day before,8/29,a journalist asked them about a Fukushima worker who had his bone broken.They did not disclose the accident until the journalist questioned. They emphasized it is not connected to his work at the plant. so they have no reason to announce his death.and there was no reason to keep it secret for two weeks.It only makes people even more suspicious for people. 

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16963084

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