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This is follow-up information regarding the alarm indicating the high-high radioactivity level, which went off at the continuous dust monitor installed in front of the Main Anti-earthquake Building at Fukushima Daiichi NPS at 10:04 AM today (on August 19).
Later, at around 10:20 AM, the contamination measurement conducted through the exit monitor at the Entrance Control Facility found out that 2 people, out of those who had been waiting for a bus in front of the Main Anti-earthquake Building, had their bodies contaminated.
Contaminated sections on the 2 people found to have their bodies contaminated were the upper parts of their heads alike, and the maximum dose was 13Bq/cm2. This is below the screening level (40Bq/cm2), and they were therefore allowed to leave the Entrance Control Facility. However, their bodies were cleaned of contamination by being wiped down, etc, and then, at 2:13 PM, they left the Entrance Control Facility. We are currently conducting a detailed investigation of the cause of their body contamination.
The 2 people found to have their bodies contaminated are scheduled to undergo whole body counting later just to make sure.
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