53,000 Fukushima nuclear plant workers receive high radiation doses

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More than 53,000 workers at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have received high radiation doses of 5 millisieverts per year, reaching thresholds that could make leukemia sufferers eligible for compensation benefits. This raises health and safety concerns for nuclear plant workers.

The workers hit the level of 5 millisieverts per year, a threshold for determining whether those with leukemia are eligible for compensation benefits.