Plutonium found in lungs of worker at nuclear facility

Plutonium found in lungs of worker at nuclear facility

Officials of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 7, 2017, after finding one worker inhaled a large amount of plutonium. He was among five workers exposed to radioactive materials at a nuclear research facility near Tokyo the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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