No boots for Japanese Nuclear workers

And in the posts today there was a confirmation of what I had read: the workers were walking in their own street shoes covered with plastic booties.

This is criminal. The workers should have the best protective clothing that Japan can provide, including waterproof and chemical proof boots. These things should have been on-site.

Chernobyl clean up person to Japanese: Run Away as fast a possible.

When reading about the burns on the feed of the workers in Fukushima Daiichi, I remembered reading this report last week about Natalia Manzurova, one of the few survivors among those directly involved in the long cleanup of Chernobyl. Her advice was heartfelt, but perhaps not possible for all the Japanese affected – “Run away as fast as possible”

Dana Kennedy interviewed Manzurovna . . . → Read More: Chernobyl clean up person to Japanese: Run Away as fast a possible.

TEPCO sent workers down into basement without telling them it was ‘hot’

Daily Yomiuri Online reported that Tokyo Power company (TEPCO) knew of a leak in the Number 3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi prior to sending repair workers into the area. Most startling was the fact that the presence of the leak was not shared with workers pulling a power line into the damaged reactor, who last week walked through radioactive water pooled on the . . . → Read More: TEPCO sent workers down into basement without telling them it was ‘hot’