UNSCEAR cites major flaws in Fukushima Daiichi worker radiation exposure records, studies

As reported by the Asahi Shimbun, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has identified major flaws in the record-keeping and analyses regarding Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant workers exposed to significant amounts of hazardous radioactivity during the initial days, week, and months of the catastrophe. Overall radiation doses could have been underestimated by 20%, especially so for workers' thyroid glands exposed to viciously radioactive forms of radioactive iodine, due to poor record-keeping by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and more than 80 contractors, in violation of Japanese legal and regulatory requirements. Workers exposed to certain levels of radioactive exposure have been offered free health exams by their employers.