TEPCO subcontractor used lead to fake dosimeter readings at Fukushima plant

[homasse]

TEPCO subcontractor used lead to fake dosimeter readings at Fukushima plant

Workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were ordered to cover their dosimeters with lead plates to keep radiation doses low enough to continue working under dangerous conditions, the Asahi Shimbun has learned.

Some refused the orders. Others raised questions

Comments

[homasse]

No, it's saying they won't be able to work nuclear jobs anymore after they hit their exposure limits. And this whole thing has "yakuza" written all over it to boot.

[mysid]

That, and the fact that most of these workers are Burakumin, who (A) have great difficulty finding work that pays a living wage, and (B) are generally treated as "disposable" anyway. A previous article here clued me into that little gem.

[very_veggie]

ia, Alan, ia.

[romp]

How horrible. That boss should probably spend the rest of his days caring for people dying of cancer.

[alicephilippa]

He's likely to be dying of cancer long before the others on that squad if faking the dosimeter readings is something he does regularly.

[romp]

You think the boss is in there with the workers? Maybe but I'd be surprised.

[alicephilippa]

I just get the impression that he wasn't new to faking the readings and does so with his own on a regular basis. Whether, in this specific case, he is entering the danger area I doubt.

[aviv_b]

That's despicable.