Workers Exposed To Radioactive Liquid At Daiichi
The Associated Press initially broke the story with few details. Two workers had been hospitalized after being sprayed with a
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TEPCO Implements Restrictions At Fukushima Daiichi To Control Covid
Fukushima prefecture has managed to keep covid cases down to a total of 82. For obvious reasons TEPCO has been
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SimplyInfo.org Annual Report; Workers
This is one section of our annual report, the full report can be found here. We will be posting a
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Coronavirus Causes Unanticipated Problem At Fukushima Daiichi
The type of tyvek suit workers use at Fukushima Daiichi is suddenly in short supply world wide. The same air
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Fukushima Daiichi Contract Workers Receive Medical Checks
TEPCO is providing health checks on current and former contract workers at Fukushima Daiichi. The report appears to indicate this
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Workers Enter Fukushima Electrical Room In Socks, Get Contaminated
This unusual event at Fukushima Daiichi took place in early June. Workers entered a 2nd floor electrical room in the
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15 Fukushima Workers Have Cancer
A new report out of TEPCO and the various parties involved in decommissioning documents that 15 workers from Fukushima Daiichi
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Radioactive “Glass” Found In Lungs Of Fukushima Workers
A study published in March of 2016 found insoluble cesium lodged in the lungs of some of the highly exposed
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Fukushima Decontamination Company Employees Arrested For Murder
A decontamination worker went missing in the fall of 2015. A recent tip given to police implicated six workers for
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Fukushima Documentary; 88 Hours Inside The Disaster
NHK is broadcasting a documentary throughout the week called 88 Hours – The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown. It is based on
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The Curious Case Of Two Fukushima Workers
TEPCO released a handout today providing new data on the unit 1/2 vent tower. The handout included photos from 2013
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Fukushima Daiichi Worker Died From Accident Injuries Saturday
Another worker at Fukushima Daiichi has died. The worker was doing some sort of work involving small tanker trucks used
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Fukushima Daiichi Workers Urged To Participate In Govt. Study
The Japanese government has decided to allow RERF (Radiation Effects Research Foundation) to do an epidemiological study on the workers
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TEPCO Not Disclosing Worker Injuries At Fukushima Daiichi
Journalist Ryuichi Kino has documents a large number of injuries to workers in 2014 that TEPCO has not made public. The
Read moreNew Fukushima Evacuation Revelations From First Responders
This information was found buried in a HiCare conference report from later in 2011. They explained their response as radiation
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Fukushima Workers File Suit Over Missing Pay
Workers have taken the unusual step of suing TEPCO for unpaid wages, even though the four workers are employed by
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Fukushima Disaster Interviews Clear Up Evacuation Of Daiichi Question
A new report released by Kyodo News seems to clear up what transpired and who may have wanted to abandon
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Fukushima Disaster Causes Nuclear Workers To Flee To Solar, Creates New Robotic Industry
Workers for TEPCO have been leaving at a rapid pace. Between cuts in pay and the social stigma of working
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Some Fukushima Workers To Get Lifelong Health Checks
The Health Ministry has announced they will give 20,000 of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi life long health checks. 2,000
Read more142 TEPCO Workers Found To Have Higher Exposures
142 TEPCO workers were found to have higher radiation exposures than TEPCO admitted. The Labor ministry found the workers doses
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11 Injured At Hanford Nuclear Site
11 workers have been hospitalized after a series of unidentified chemical leaks at the site’s aging tank farms. The two
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A Weekend Of Fukushima & Nuclear Protests In Japan
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster site took to the streets in Tokyo to demand fair treatment and safer
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WIPP Workers Union To Independently Test Exposed Staff
The United Steel Workers is sending a team of international safety department scientists to take samples and test workers at the
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13 Workers With Internal Exposure At WIPP
13 workers have been found to have internal exposure to americium 241 by inhalation after their lab tests came back. DOE
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Working At Fukushima As National Duty?
31,383 workers have passed through the gates of Fukushima Daiichi between March 2011 and December 2013. TEPCO has complained of
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Fukushima Daiichi; Abusing Workers & Avoiding Liability
Examples of the continued abuse of workers hired to work at the nuclear disaster site continued in the last year.
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Fukushima Workers Who Risked Lives, TEPCO Demands They Repay Evacuee Compensation
Many of the workers at Fukushima Daiichi lived in the area. They lost their homes to the tsunami and nuclear
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Fukushima News Roundup; December 30, 2013
Reuters put out a special feature story on how the homeless are being recruited to do decontamination work in Fukushima
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TEPCO Worried About Vent Tower Stability, 25 Seivert Radiation Found At Base
TEPCO had been inspecting the unit 1/2 vent tower at a distance after damage to the upper structural system was
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Fukushima; Dysfunction Olympics
Workers are stressed, nobody is being held accountable, solutions remain out of grasp with the Olympics as a looming distraction.
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METI Declares Themselves In Charge Of Fukushima, Immediately Proves Their Incompetence
The day after METI told the press they were taking over the leaking water response at Fukushima Daiichi, they proved
Read moreRadiation Levels In Air Rising At Fukushima Daiichi
NHK is reporting after the most recent TEPCO press conference that radiation levels are rising around Fukushima Daiichi. This seems
Read moreRadiation Monitors Go Off At Daiichi, Workers Exposed
The dust monitoring equipment both inside and outside of the anti-quake building at Daiichi went off on the 19th. Two
Read moreFormer Fukushima Daiichi Chief Dies Of Cancer
Masao Yoshida, chief at Fukushima Daiichi during the 2011 disaster died of esophageal cancer Tuesday in Tokyo. Yoshida’s actions during
Read moreTo The Surprise Of Absolutely No One, Yakuza Involved In Decontamination Work
Asahi Shimbun reports on the prolific problems of the Yakuza in the layers of contractors used to conduct decontamination work
Read morePre-Tsunami Damage At Unit 1 Fukushima Daiichi
Concerns about damage to unit 1 and possibly other units having happened before the tsunami hit the plant still exist
Read moreTEPCO’s Tungsten Vests
The use of these vests was mentioned in passing by worker “Happy11311” while talking about the effort to clean off
Read moreTEPCO Workers Unmonitored Exposures Likely Occurred
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and radiation experts have pointed out flaws in early worker exposure monitoring. This
Read moreUnit 4 Cover Building Columns To Begin Installation
Worker Happy, mentions that the installation of the cover building columns is beginning at Fukushima Daiichi. (machine translation) “Could they
Read moreFukushima 50 Battle Depression, PTSD And Discrimination
The Fukushima 50 (actually totaling 300 workers) currently have about a 50% incidence rate of depression or PTSD. On top of this
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