Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant hospitalized due to radioactive liquid exposure

Four workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant were splashed with water containing radioactive materials, with two of them taken to the hospital as a precaution. The incident highlights the ongoing dangers Japan faces in decommissioning the plant, which was severely damaged by a tsunami in 2011. The workers were cleaning pipes when a hose came off accidentally, resulting in the contamination. The radiation levels in the hospitalized workers were at or above the safe threshold. The incident occurred shortly after the plant operator, Tepco, completed releasing a second batch of wastewater into the sea, drawing criticism from China and local fishing communities. The water is treated to remove most radioactive substances but contains tritium, an isotope of hydrogen that cannot be easily separated from water.