The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that 23 people were injured in the Fukushima nuclear plant, two are missing and more than 20 radiological contamination was found in varying degrees. The UN agency acknowledged in a statement that, "given the uncertainty" about the situation at the plant, severely damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March in Japan, the figures "are subject to change." The Japanese authorities confirmed the body that among the wounded, almost all employees of the operator, TEPCO, or subcontracting companies include "one person hospitalized in unknown", and two others that "suddenly ill." There are also seven employees and four employees of the Japanese Civil Defense "wounded by the explosion in the reactor 3 on March 14, according to the agency, which does not report the severity of those injuries.
One employee broke his legs, four were hospitalized after suffering "minor injuries" during the explosion in the reactor 1 on 11 March, two TEPCO officials were taken to hospital for respiratory problems and two others "suffered minor injuries." In addition, the list includes two people "disappeared." On the other hand, is estimated at more than 20 - (18 employees, two policemen and an unknown number of firefighters) - those exposed to radiological contamination at the plant in Fukushima, which has six reactors.
In one of the employees was a show "significant" to radioactivity and was transported to a facility outside the plant, while others "were not taken to a hospital due to the low level of exposure" to radioactivity, and two policemen were "decontaminated". "The firefighters who were exposed to radiation are being examined," concluded the note, before stating that the IAEA continues to try to get more information from the Japanese authorities. 
One employee broke his legs, four were hospitalized after suffering "minor injuries" during the explosion in the reactor 1 on 11 March, two TEPCO officials were taken to hospital for respiratory problems and two others "suffered minor injuries." In addition, the list includes two people "disappeared." On the other hand, is estimated at more than 20 - (18 employees, two policemen and an unknown number of firefighters) - those exposed to radiological contamination at the plant in Fukushima, which has six reactors.
In one of the employees was a show "significant" to radioactivity and was transported to a facility outside the plant, while others "were not taken to a hospital due to the low level of exposure" to radioactivity, and two policemen were "decontaminated". "The firefighters who were exposed to radiation are being examined," concluded the note, before stating that the IAEA continues to try to get more information from the Japanese authorities.
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