Workers get radioactive water on their faces

April 28, 2015

Plant workers splashed with radioactive water

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Apr. 28, 2015 - Updated 21:17 UTC+2

It's been disclosed that 3 employees were accidentally splashed with radioactive water last week at a nuclear power plant in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan.

Officials at the plant's operator, Chugoku Electric Power Company, said on Tuesday that the workers do not have any health problems and radioactive substances did not leak outside the facility.

They say the workers had been using a pump to transfer contaminated water from a tank in the basement of the Shimane plant's number one reactor building on April 22nd.

They say a hose to the pump got unhooked, and the 3 employees were exposed to about 4 liters of radioactive water that splashed on their faces and legs. They say the radiation level of the water was one-tenth of the government's safety limit.

Company officials say they did not immediately announce the accident as the workers did not absorb any of the tainted water and the radiation level was not that high.

They say they will find the exact cause of the accident and work to prevent a recurrence.