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Reuters publishes special report on Japan's "throwaway nuclear workers"

Reuters publishes special report on Japan's "throwaway nuclear workers"

Reuters has published a special investigative report on Japan’s “throwaway nuclear workers.” The story uncovers the secretive practice in Japan’s nuclear industry of hiring temporary workers –- the homeless, the duped and foreigners — to get around safety regulations limiting the daily radiation dosage workers can be exposed to. The vice-chairman of Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission has urged friends and colleagues to read the report. Read a multimedia PDF of the story: http://r.reuters.com/vax32s

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