Contaminated nuke plant workers going back on job as safety regs go by wayside
Safety standards for workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture have been relaxed without any scrutiny, forcing workers to do their jobs without being completely decontaminated, it has emerged.
Workers who are struggling to get the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)-operated Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant under control as well as experts have expressed grave concern about possible health hazards.
Radiation levels on the premises of the power station remain high, with part of the ruins of its No. 3 reactor building — badly damaged by a hydrogen explosion — emitting 900 millisieverts of radiation per hour.