Fukushima Non-Tepco Staff Dislike Work Conditions, Survey Shows

Most workers hired to help cleanup the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant are unhappy with the working environment, citing insufficient radiation protection poor food, sanitary and transport conditions.

Sixty nine percent of respondents surveyed by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi station, complained about food, while 62 percent aren’t happy with radiation protection, the company known as Tepco said in a statement. Tepco had responses from 1,913 workers at the plant, excluding its own employees, in the survey conducted in May.