Japan probes claims Fukushima workers were told to lie

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 crippled cooling
equipment at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant, triggering meltdowns that
spewed radioactivity and forced tens of thousands of residents to flee.

Several workers at Build-Up reportedly said that their on-site supervisor told
them he had used a lead casing and urged them to do the same, otherwise they
would quickly reach their legally permissible annual radiation exposure.

“Unless we hide it with lead, exposure will max out and we cannot work,”
the executive was heard saying in a covert audio recording, the Asahi
reported.

Some workers refused and left the company, the newspaper said.

The workers were hired for about four months to insulate pipes at a water
treatment facility, Kyodo News has said.

Source: AFP

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