Irradiated nuke worker in hospital

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A laborer (wearing slippers) who had been working to restore power and cooling functions at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant walks back to the Fukushima Medical University Hospital in Fukushima city, while being shielded with a blue sheet to conceal his identity, on March 25, 2011, after undergoing radioactive decontamination inside a special vehicle. Three workers were exposed to high-level radiation the previous day while laying cable at the troubled plant. (Kyodo)

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