Published: July 27th, 2012 at 2:51 pm ET
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Title: Japanese Firm Manipulated Dosimeter Readings at Fukushima Daiichi
Source: Wall Street Journal – Japan Real Time
Author: Mitsuru Obe and Phred Dvorak
Date: July 23, 2012
Over the weekend, a subcontractor that worked at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant confessed to asking some of its employees to put lead covers on their dosimeters in order to keep their radiation exposure readings artificially low.
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“If other companies got away with doing this as well, that would be incredible,” Tatsuya Hariu, a spokesman for Fukushima Prefecture’s Labor Division, which is spearheading the probe into the matter, told JRT. “It would be something that impacted everyone who works at nuclear plants. We’re not just targeting (the one firm) — we’re looking into whether other companies properly recorded radiation exposure.”
The disclosures highlight what experts say could be a major staffing problem as the work of cleaning up one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters stretches on — possibly as long as 40 years. There’s a limited pool of people qualified and willing to work in an environment that’s still highly radioactive in places. When these people hit maximum radiation-exposure levels they are mandated to stop working at the plant. Yet replacement workers — especially in specialized fields — aren’t easy to come by.
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h/t FRCSR
Published: July 27th, 2012 at 2:51 pm ET
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Even more a grim situation if/when the supply of workers diminishes. Unsettling for the world, to say the least.
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Fodder with high spec tolerances is hard to come by, being naturally a low spec commodity.
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"…could be a major staffing problem…"
Really? Could be? These people are completely HUA (police term for really stupid perps – Head Up . . .)
We all know where this is headed. Complete abandonment of the site in a relatively short amount of time. The radiation levels are just too high. Once the existing crews are dead, who will be stupid enough to go in there?
Think loss of water pumping, and you'll be headed in the right direction.
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Nuclear power-mongers always lie about radiation readings. In the US, it's "No 'significant' radiation leak," "No 'immediate' danger." It's all significant and as for 'immediate,' they count on the negative effects taking years if not decades to play themselves out so they can raise their eyebrows as they shrug and say, "Hey, WE had nothing to do with THAT!" But cause connects directly to effect, even if it takes dozens of years to play out. They are all liars, playing with hellfire. Do they think their words and spin alone can prevent the harm? All it does is delay awareness in the unwary.
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