(Worker) Safety fears at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
Safety fears at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
03/05/2012 By majiroxnews
TOKYO (majirox news) Low pay and overwork could trigger a shortage of workers at Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center warned this week of these dangers with workers at the crippled site earning as little as 100 dollars a day.
After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami crippled Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, conditions of the workers seem to be plummeting. For example, according to the Sankei newspaper, a man in his 50s working at Fukushima nuclear power plant died in October, apparently from overwork.
One government official has taken issue with plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Companys (TEPCO) handling of the situation. Theres no mistaking that the plant is a dangerous worksite, and I dont think that we have adequate working conditions in place there, said Katsuya Iida, secretary general of the Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center. So its hard to say if we will be able to bring in a large number of people required to do the work. The point I must emphasize is that its really important to reduce the amount of radiation that each individual gets and to do that, we need to bring in more people.
Bringing in more workers is going to be hard. Already, 167 workers have exceeded their lifetime radiation exposure limit of 100 milliseverts. Now public concern hangs on the threat of radiation.
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