PTI | May 15, 2011, 07.29am IST
TOKYO: A worker died at Japan's disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Saturday as emergency crews continued their operations to prevent a major meltdown, the plant's operator said. The male worker in his 60s was confirmed dead after he was rushed to hospital after falling unconscious at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co said. He is the third worker to have died in the aftermath.
When he was taken ill, the unidentified worker was carrying chainsaws with another worker inside a facility to treat contaminated water being released from the plant's crippled reactors, the official said.
"He was exposed to 0.17 millisieverts of radiation during the work. But, as he was wearing protective gear, no radioactive substances were detected on his body," Mori said, adding there were no signs of injury on the worker. "We have yet to determine the cause of his death," the official added.
When he was taken ill, the unidentified worker was carrying chainsaws with another worker inside a facility to treat contaminated water being released from the plant's crippled reactors, the official said.
"He was exposed to 0.17 millisieverts of radiation during the work. But, as he was wearing protective gear, no radioactive substances were detected on his body," Mori said, adding there were no signs of injury on the worker. "We have yet to determine the cause of his death," the official added.
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