Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

In Focus: Radiation Protection at Works Relating to TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Exposure Dose Distribution of the Workers at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Updated on 28 April 2022

1. Radiation Exposure Dose Distributions

(1)The distribution of external exposure dose of the workers during the last 3 months
(Numbers of workers who entered each area every month)
Effective dose (E) mSv January-2022 February-2022 March-2022
TEPCO Contractors Total TEPCO Contractors Total TEPCO Contractors Total
100<E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75<E≤100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50<E≤75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20<E≤50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10<E≤20 0 1 1 0 8 8 0 3 3
5<E≤10 0 44 44 0 43 43 0 42 42
1<E≤5 17 630 647 20 708 728 32 689 721
E≤1 942 5169 6111 877 5106 5983 969 5126 6095
Total 959 5844 6803 897 5865 6762 1001 5860 6861
Maximum(mSv) 3.31 10.28 10.28 4.43 12.70 12.70 3.77 11.23 11.23
Average(mSv) 0.10 0.41 0.37 0.11 0.46 0.41 0.13 0.43 0.39

(*)Exposure doses and the number of workers are subject to change due to the replacement of accumulated doses measured using PAD with monthly doses measured using an integrating dosimeter and the reflection of values for workers wearing only an integrating dosimeter (e.g., workers working only within a seismically isolated building).

(2)Combined Cumulative Effective Dose from April 2021 (Internal and External)
Effective dose (E) mSv April 2021 - February 2022 April 2021 - March 2022 Difference
TEPCO Contractors Total TEPCO Contractors Total TEPCO Contractors Total
100<E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75<E≤100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50<E≤75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20<E≤50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10<E≤20 5 638 643 7 837 844 2 199 201
5<E≤10 56 941 997 59 927 986 3 -14 -11
1<E≤5 187 2242 2429 208 2245 2453 21 3 24
E≤1 1098 4753 5851 1084 4770 5854 -14 17 3
Total 1346 8574 9920 1358 8779 10137 12 205 217
Maximum(mSv) 11.60 17.26 17.26 13.10 17.45 17.45 - - -
Average(mSv) 0.76 2.54 2.30 0.85 2.77 2.51 - - -

(*) Exposure doses and the number of workers are subject to change due to the replacement of accumulated doses measured using PAD with monthly doses measured using an integrating dosimeter and the reflection of values for workers wearing only an integrating dosimeter (e.g., workers working only within a seismically isolated building).

(3) Distribution of sum of external exposure dose and internal exposure dose of workers engaged in specified high-dose work*
(Specified high-dose work has not been performed since October 2015.)
Effective dose (E) mSv March 2011- September 2015
100<E 1
75<E≤100 191
50<E≤75 233
20<E≤50 267
10<E≤20 186
5<E≤10 129
1<E≤5 145
E≤1 51
Total 1203
Maximum(mSv) 102.69
Average(mSv) 36.49

(As specified high-dose work has not been performed since October 2015, the table shows the data up to September 2015.)

(*)
Workers engaged in work to which dose limit (100 mSv) during emergency work is applied in line with Article 7 of the Ordinance on Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards.
Specifically, these workers are those who are engaged in work to maintain the functions of a nuclear reactor facility or spent fuel storage pool, or in work to maintain functions to suppress or prevent the possible release of a large amount of radioactive materials due to a failure of or damage to the nuclear reactor facility at a location around the nuclear reactor facility, steam turbine, or accessory facility where hourly dose may exceed 0.1 mSv.
It should be noted that only TEPCO employees have so far been engaged in specified high-dose work.
(*)
Workers engaged in specified high-dose work in each month is the number of workers registered as workers engaged in specified high-dose work in that month.
However, the total of March 2011 to September 2015 includes workers released from specified high-dose work.
(*)
Exposure doses and the number of workers are subject to change due to the replacement of accumulated doses measured using PAD with monthly doses measured using an integrating dosimeter and the reflection of values for workers wearing only an integrating dosimeter (e.g., workers working only within a seismically isolated building).
(*)
The results of re-evaluating committed doses in March 2011 reveal that maximum cumulative effective doses for the period between March 2011 and September 2015 exceeded 100.
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