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In 1979, Ryusuke Umeda was engaged in periodic inspections of the Shimane-1 and Tsuruga-1 nuclear power plants and suffered a myocardial infarction in March 2000. He filed an application for workers’ compensation with the...
Introduction Work-related fatalities and injuries have been occurring at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) frequently since 2014. The total number of such accidents in FY2014, ending in March...
Three years and eight months have passed since the outbreak of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, yet the situation at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (NPS) is nowhere near completion of the...
Nasubi Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity Network Website: www.hibakurodo.net / e-mail: info@hibakurodo.net Spring labor offensive for nuclear workers in front of Maeda Corp (Tokyo). (Photo by Akira Imai) 1. Inauguration and Startup of Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assured the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 8, 2013 that radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station were under control and did not pose any health...
We demand the abolition of the multi-layer subcontractor system and the provision of jobs and wages for workers whose total accumulated radiation exposure has exceeded the official limit Two years have passed since the...
Protecting the safety and lives of radiation-exposed workers, who are coerced into trading their health for payments by SHIN Koichi* The Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity Network was officially established on November 19, 2012 after a...
– Focusing on low-level radiation exposure risk – Hisako Sakiyama, Takagi School and former Member of the NAIIC Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 on Sept. 2012, Photo by TEPCO It is now more than three...
Table 1. Multi-layered structure within the nuclear power station and wages in 2000 350 companies were involved in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Presence of subcontractors affiliated with crime syndicates and their employees...
Medicare room at J-Villege (Photo by TEPCO) On February 24, the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office (LSIO) determined that the fatal heart attack of a worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, at the Fukushima Daiichi...