Another Fukushima worker died after leaving the frozen wall area / Tepco “the cause of death is not identified”

On 8/3/2015, Tepco reported that another Fukushima worker died 2 days before.

The worker was male in 30s. He worked from 6am to 9am for the frozen water wall project on 8/1/2015. On the way home, he stopped at “J-village” for ill health. He was immediately sent to the hospital but confirmed to be dead around 13:00.

Tepco states the cause of death is not identified, but the former Fukushima worker “Happy11311” posted on Twitter that the worker died of heatstroke.

There is a possibility that Tepco withheld the announcement of the death not to cause a scandal before removing the debris of fuel handling machine from SFP 3 (Spent Fuel Pool of Reactor 3). Regarding the delayed announcement, Tepco comments they should have announced promptly.

 

Also from Tepco’s report, a monitoring alarm of Fukushima plant went off about 11:00 of 8/1/2015. Tepco denies the possibility of a significant leakage of radioactive material to comment they think dust was accidentally attached to the detector.

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2015/images/handouts_150803_04-j.pdf

http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/archive-j.html?video_uuid=j6ozz5yx&catid=69619

https ://twitter.com/Happy11311/status/627799701853581312

 

 

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Français :

Un autre travailleur de Fukushima meurt en sortant de la zone du mur congelé – Tepco : “la cause de la mort n’est pas établie”

 

Le 3 août 2015, Tepco rapporte qu’un autre travailleur de Fukushima est mort 2 jours plus tôt.

Il s’agit d’un homme d’une trentaine d’années. Le 1er août 2015, il a travaillé de 06:00 à 09:00 au projet de mur souterrain congelé. En rentrant chez lui il s’est arrêté au “J-village” parce qu’il se sentait malade. Il a immédiatement été hospitalisé mais sa mort a été confirmée autour de 13:00.
Tepco affirme que la cause du décès n’est pas établie mais l’ancien travailleur de Fukushima “Happy11311” a dit sur Twitter qu’il est mort d’un arrêt cardiaque.
Il est probable que Tepco ait retardé la publication du communiqué de ce décès pour ne pas provoquer de scandale juste avant de retirer les débris de la grue de manipulation des combustibles de la SFP3 (Spent Fuel Pool of Reactor 3 = piscine à combustibles usagés du réacteur 3). Concernant son retard à communiquer, Tepco déclare qu’ils auraient du le fournir plus vite.

De plus, selon le rapport de Tepco, le 1er août 2015 vers 11:00 une alarme de surveillance de la centrale de Fukushima s’est déclenchée. Tepco nie toute possibilité de fuite radioactive importante en disant que des poussières se sont accidentellement collées sur le détecteur.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2015/images/handouts_150803_04-j.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/archive-j.html?video_uuid=j6ozz5yx&catid=69619
https ://twitter.com/Happy11311/status/627799701853581312

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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