Plutonium found in urine of 5 workers exposed to radiation

A small amount of radioactive materials -- plutonium and americium -- was found in the urine of five workers exposed to radiation in an accident earlier this month at a nuclear research facility in Ibaraki Prefecture, a hospital operator said Monday.The result shows that the five workers have suffered internal radiation exposure following the June 6 accident at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Oarai Research & Development Center in the coastal town of Oarai.(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)They had received medication to facilitate the discharge of radioactive materials from their bodies for fiv…READ FULL ARTICLE