re: #57 Justanotherhuman

Reading this will make you shiver.

Special Report: Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters

reuters.com

“Tepco sits atop a pyramid of subcontractors that can run to seven or more layers and includes construction giants such as Kajima Corp and Obayashi Corp in the first tier. The embattled utility remains in charge of the work to dismantle the damaged Fukushima reactors, a government-subsidized job expected to take 30 years or more.

Outside the plant, Japan’s “Big Four” construction companies - Kajima, Obayashi, Shimizu Corp and Taisei Corp - oversee hundreds of small firms working on government-funded contracts to remove radioactive dirt and debris from nearby villages and farms so evacuees can return home.

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“The unprecedented Fukushima nuclear clean-up both inside and outside the plant faces a deepening shortage of workers. There are about 25 percent more openings than applicants for jobs in Fukushima prefecture, according to government data.”

So—need a job? Must be willing to work at nuclear ground zero.

Well, OK. But if I turn into a big green guy with anger control issues, I’m gonna …

HULK SMASH!