Worker Dies at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant

by Gary Kopycinski on May 14, 2011

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TOYKO—(ENEWSPF)—14 May 2011. A spokesperson for the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that at about 6:50 AM on May14th, 2011, a worker of a sub-contractor became seriously ill while working on the drainage treatment system in the Centralized Environment Facility of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The Centralized Environment Facility is the facility which treats radioactive waste generated by the nuclear power station.