 Seriously exposed workers may be at increased risk of cancers for the rest of their lives...

On March 24, 2011, Japanese officials announced that "radioactive iodine-131 exceeding safety limits for infants had been detected at 18 water-purification plants in Tokyo and five other prefectures".Officials said also that the fallout from the Dai-ichi plant is "hindering search efforts for victims from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami".Problems in stabilizing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have hardened attitudes to nuclear power.