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The 56-year-old Masao Yoshida, the end of November had resigned from his post for health reasons, have spoken on a visit to the facility on Friday about himself, told the operating company Tepco. "He cared about the media speculation about his illness," said a spokeswoman. Actually, he wanted to concentrate in peace on his treatment, but then decided to openly deal with it, to stop the rumors.
Tepco but says it is "extremely unlikely" that Yoshida's cancer is directly related to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. If the direct exposure to radiation at all trigger this type of cancer, it would take an average of at least five and usually ten years, until he spread himself, the Tepco spokeswoman said, citing information from doctors. Whether Yoshida had been operated on and what treatment he was getting, the spokeswoman said no.
Yoshida coordinated the cleanup work on the reactors
Yoshida had the nuclear power plant since June 2010 and thus after the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 Conducted in March. At that time, several reactors of the plant were severely damaged. Under extreme conditions, Yoshida coordinated the cleanup and repair work on the reactors, the fuel rods partially melted and released large amounts of added radioactivity.
With Yoshida's the second case of cancer, came around Fukushima to the public. A few weeks ago it was revealed that the Japanese TV presenter Norikazu Otsuka from acute lymphocytic leukemia is ill. He enlisted after the disaster demonstratively for local foods and products from eating there. Whether his illness stems from the consumption of irradiated food may, however, can not prove, even if critical of the government and media group speculate. While even small amounts of radioactivity can cause damage in the DNA, causing cells to degenerate. But if the crowd could have been enough of radioactivity to cause an acute leukemia, according to the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is unclear and can not prove.
