they discussed a request from tepco to inspect the idle plant in niigata prefecture. nra officials held off on the decision for nearly two months. they said they wanted to see how tepco handled the radioactive water leakage at fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the watch dog's head instructed his staff to work out the specific evaluation procedures. he said his personnel would continue to prioritize the toxic water problem at the crippled fukushima plant. >>> workers there will soon begin a delicate task. they are preparing to remove more than 1,000 spent fuel rods from one of the damaged reactor buildings, reactor number 4. they are extremely hot and highly radioactive. on today's nuclear watch, we explain how the people overseeing the project plan to get it done. >> reporter: workers will use a specially built crane to remove the fuel rods from their holding racks. then they will insert them into special containers. the crane must do its work under the water that seals in radiation. the next step is to transfer the containers to a safer storage facility at the plant.

i mean really what are you going to do with all that nuclear waste once you get it in the can it is tepco really the best institution to be in charge is going this is a private energy company that hasn't ever dealt with anything like this before yet they're taking the lead here it's actually this is the same company that was called falsifying safety reports over a decades and now they're in charge of one of the most precarious nuclear operations that you could conceive trying to juggle this radioactive nightmare that sits up in the attic of this damaged reactor coming back to the united states i mentioned in the set up here this plant in south carolina the economy nuclear plant they discovered a small leak there we're sure that this isn't really a problem the plant's going to be back up and running here. how serious is this in how common are these sort of problems around the country when it comes to nuclear power well i think it needs to be put in the context that we are at the back end of a degrading deteriorating industry this is an industry now that's more than fifty years old and we'r

i mean really what are you going to do with all that nuclear waste once you get it in the can it is tepco really the best institution to be in charge of them this is a private energy company that hasn't ever dealt with anything like this before yet they're taking the lead here it's actually this is the same company that was called falsifying safety reports over a decades and now they're in charge of one of the most precarious nuclear operations that you. conceive trying to juggle this radioactive nightmare that sits in the attic of this damaged reactor coming back to the united states i mentioned in the set up here at this plant in south carolina their county nuclear plant they discovered a small leak there we are sure that this isn't really a problem the plant's going to be back up and running here how serious is this in how common are these sort of problems around the country when it comes to nuclear power well i think it needs to be put in the context that we are at the back end of the degrading deteriorating industry this is an industry now that's more than fifty years old and we're s

>> tepco engineers spent months preparing for this operation. nhk world's reporter shows us how crews will be carrying out the work. >> this is an image of the number 4 reactor building. the fuel assemblies sit in a pool of water that keeps them cool and prevents radioactive particles from escaping. the tank is about 20 meters above the ground level. tepco engineers want to remove the fuel as soon as possible since the building was damaged by a hydrogen explosion. officials say the building is strong enough to sustain an earthquake. equivalent to the one on march 11th. but they admit that the spent fuel needs to be moved to a more secure place. tepco workers will use a crane to lift the fuel assemblies and place them in the radiationproof containers. one container can hold 22 units. the work must be done under water to minimize release of radioactive particles. the workers will then lift the container out of the pool to a maximum height of 30 meters and lower them to the ground. the workers will then move the containers to a storage facility 100

tepco president says the company is preparing another report. he told the lower house body that the new study includes nuclear power experts from the united states and britain and the report will be released soon. a technical team is examining the safety structures of the niigata plant. where the utility hopes to restart two reactors. tepco management decided a further probe into the nuclear accident in fukushima was needed to gain the prefecture's approval. a copy of the report will be given to niigata officials for review. >>> workers at fukushima daiichi have been battling problem after problem. they have been battling leaks and struggling to build storage tanks for contaminated water. they're ready to move spent rods to a new location. >> reporter: the media entered fukushima daiichi on wednesday to see the number four reactor building. the building contains more than 1,500 fuel units. most of them have been used. they're extremely hot, highly radioactive, and experts say they need to be kept cool for 30 to 40 years. the rods are stored in t

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company is. something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the companies responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mess and the fallout they actually turned to the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back woods and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the folks in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to estimate

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stages of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the company's responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mass and the fallout they actually turned to the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan as you told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the fukushima in the early days after the disaster it's really har

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stages of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the company's responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mass and the fallout they actually turn to the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the folks in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to esti

to take a joint action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the yacht could sell for help to the us with a. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defiant that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place. where doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also do harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty f

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the companies responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mess and the fallout they actually tore into the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the fukushima in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to

they don't have good enough communication with tepco staff. this poor communication results in mistakes. managers need to fix it urgently. right now, workers are testing the system and they say they hope to put it into full operation next year. the government is helping tepco install a more sophisticated system to run in parallel. once they're complete the systems together will be able to treat 1,500 tons of water every day. tritium is similar to hydrogen in terms of its physical properties. it moves easily with water. so if you get tritium inside our bodies we generally do it with fluids. but there's no technology for taking tritium out of water. still, the government allows higher releases of tritium than strontium. some experts say water containing tritium can be released without harming the environment. as long as the substance is diluted. water treated by a.l.p.s. will still be stored in tanks for the time being. no one has come up with a permanent solution. radioactive substances removed by a.l.p.s. will also be stored on-site. managers

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the company's responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mass and the fallout they actually turn to the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the clean up of the in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to estimate h

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the companies responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mess and the fallout they actually tore into the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back woods and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the fukushima in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to

i spoke to masaoki ono about the tricky operation. >> tepco is preparing for this extremely delicate process of removing the spent rods from unit 4. how confident are you that that can happen safely? >> we have been making careful preparations so that we can be confident in our ability to safely remove the spent fuel. we have been preparing the proper equipment in order to remove the spent fue fuel. we are giving substantial training to the operators who will be doing the work. we have prepared procedures and contingencies for the operation he that will arise. because we were handling spent nuclear fuel we must conduct the operation carefully and we are moving forward with safety as our top priority. >> what do you say to people who say look, the most dangerous nuclear disaster since chernobyl happened on tepco ground under your watch. why are we allowing them to do this operation independently? >> it is true that the accident at fukushima daiichi was terrible. however, the disaster was caused by a tsunami. unfortunately we are forced with the situation that we see today. we must of

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. as something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the companies responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mess and the fallout they actually turned to the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the cleanup of the folks in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to estim

all the allegations of corruption within the tepco company. it's something more of a speculative issue it's not being come by anyone but the involvement in the whole process is a more concrete thing in fact i spoke to an investigative journalist. who has been investigating the organization and their activities and he told me some absolutely groundbreaking stuff that at the first early stage of the fukushima disaster and the clean up operation the companies responsible for clearing up all the radioactive mess and the fallout they actually tore into the. major on the world organization in japan the obviously the world famous organization for getting more and more workers on the ground it's something of a tradition in japan has told me for instance when you have a certain construction and you need lots of workers immediately then the construction boss may easily call you back roads and ask them for more people to join the construction so this was just the case with the clean up of the focus in the early days after the disaster it's really hard to

>> no matter where you go there is great concern about tepco the task. there are people that say this is a dishonest company who wasn't very forthcoming to the public about the dangers in the moments and days following that initial disaster back in 2011. they want to see the japanese government take over this operation. they want the japanese government to enlist the help of experts from the international community. but i have to say that, you know, as with any issue and in any country, it's not as if the entire public is engaged on this. i can assure you that you know on the streets of tokyo there's not a lot of nail-biting right now but along the seaside communities up north where those communities were pretty hit they're pretty concerned about this. >> just to be sure, we're talking no international oversight of this cleanup operation? >> the iaea has, there have been some experts that the government has spoken to on sort of a less formal base i but for the most part this is japan's problem and japan is going to resolve it on their own. >> they certai

they'll also conduct hearings with officials from the government and tepco. and they will be examining how workers are managing radioactive wastewater at the plant. earlier this month analysts working for the iaea checked marine. the experts will follow up on that work and then submit a report to the government. >>> negotiators from iran and six major powers are pushing to end a long standoff over tehran's nuclear program. they'll sit down later on wednesday in geneva. each side has harbored suspicions about the other for years. but they're hoping a deal may finally be within reach. delegates from iran, the united states, russia, china, britain, france and germany came close to an agreement when they met earlier this month. the major powers offered to ease economic sanctions. if the iranians scale back their uranium enrichment activities. officials from the international atomic energy agency and iran agreed last week on a framework to allow inspectors to visit nuclear facilities. but the people at the talks in geneva still have much work to do. french negotia

to take an agent action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the yacht could sell for help to the us with them. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are

to take an agent action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers kubiak could sell for help to the us with a. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five p

to take a joint action tepco related to subcontractors and that he eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the yacht could sell for help that there was a rhythm. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. although they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of han

privately owned tokyo electric power company handle but cleanup of the fukushima nuclear power plant and tepco has failed miserably but things have been different if the japanese government was running the pushing a plan also global warming has been greatest threat to our planet has ever faced so what are some concrete steps we can take now to stop a runaway climate change before it's too late i'll ask climate reality project c.e.o. maggie fox later in the show and according to forbes magazine president obama is no longer the most powerful person in the world yet another sign that america is in a rapid state of decline so what can be done to restore the values that our founding fathers fought and died i'll tell you tonight it's deleted. you need to know this privatized. power is crazy and you only need to look at what's going on in japan right now to understand why on wednesday japanese regulators gave the privately owned tokyo electric power company tepco the go ahead to begin taking over thirteen hundred fuel rods out of a damaged reactor unit at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant the

suzuki publish details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and the. r.t. reporting from japan. inv

suzuki publish details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from japan. investigators hav

suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps fields suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from japan. investigators hav

this is why tepco's brought us here. we're in the reactor 4 building, the building that suffered the hydrogen blast in the days after the disaster and this is the cooling pool. there are 1500 spent fuel rods. what the company's doing over the coming days is to remove those fuel rods to a more stable location, they say. they insist it is a routine operation, they've done it many times before. >> to remove it -- >> reporter: fuel rods removed and twaransferred to 100 meters from the damaged building an operation tepco's calling a milestone in the recovery effort. officials say they do not believe the fuel rods were damaged by debris falling into the pool after the explosion, but they won't know for sure until the operation begins. the large pieces of debris have been removed from the pool, the plant chief tells us. we used underwater vacuum cleaner to remove smaller pieces. nearby shown the water sotorage tanks up close. contaminated water one of tepco's immediate concerns. tanks can hold 400,000 tons of water, 370,000 ton

the actions of the government and the tepco so you can see how serious the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement is now in japan even though they say that their voices being often silenced by those that power. well actually earlier a question to tepco officials on the operation and asked them about their previous failures at the plant to find out what they had to say by following him on twitter . and you clear waste expert can camp says that if tepco fails to remove the fuel rods correctly the consequences could be disastrous. it's absurd that tokyo electric is in charge of the globally significant extraction of the fuel from the pool if something goes wrong this could be a global catastrophe that dwarfs what has happened at fukushima daiichi thus far tokyo electric has shown its true colors time and time again its incompetence its dishonesty even the director of the nuclear regulation authority of japan has warned that this process should not be rushed they should not try to force these assemblies out of their storage channels there is no radiological containment around the pool and if

to take an agent action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers kubiak could sell for help to the us with a. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percen

suzuki publish details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from japan. investigator

automated machinery doesn't work as well so everyone has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods they are contaminated the water as has been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each drop has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocked me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of traveling to the explosion zone in chernobyl that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happened these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and or

automated machinery doesn't work as well so every rod has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods they are contaminating the water as has been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each drop has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocks me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of travelling to the explosion zone in chernobyl that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happens these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and or

still, tepco says the chances of a container falling are basically nonexistent. it says that because the crane is equipped in such a way as to prevent a drop, the wires holding the containers are doubled up so they will not fall, even if one wire breaks. and large springs have been attached to the platform part of the structure to keep the containers level in the event of an earthquake. one of the biggest challenges is securing experienced workers over the wrong one. even now, radioactive readings at the site were about 200 microsieverts per hour, a lot higher than normal standards. the workers exposure levels are constantly being monitored and kept under control. no worker can be exposed to 50 or more millisieverts by year. things appear to be moving according to plan for now at the reactor number 4 building, but tepco may find previously unknown damage to the fuel or secondary could hamper the removal process. if dealing with such problems takes time, veteran workers could be exposed to too much radiation and procuring level could become difficult. >> once the

automated machinery doesn't work as well so everyone has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods they are contaminating the water as has been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each rod has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocked me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of travelling to the explosion zone in chernobyl that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally so people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happens these people would have to be really evacuated again and or pu

the officials want tepco executives to review how their company is organized. then the officials aim to split it up. they want to create one firm for decommissioning the operation and other for nuclear power generation, thermal power generation, and transmission. the ministry officials believe the structure would make it easier to manage the work at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant and deal with the reactors. they also say forming a holding company would allow tepco to better manage each unit and make it easier for the firm to cut costs. meanwhile, the government has indicated its willingness to consider providing funding to clean up the aftermath of the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster. this came in response to a call by the ruling liberal democratic party for a greater government role in the efforts. ldp officials have made the proposal as tepco is struggling to contain tainted water leaks at its crippled plant. scrapping the damaged reactors is also a tough challenge, requiring huge costs and time. under the current legal framework, the utility is oblig

to take a giant action tepco related to subcontractors and that eventually as they had a shortage of available workers give a call the young for help there was a reason but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. height of the wall suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence of what tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hand

of the war suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence of what tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from ja

the fukushima region itself there are several n.g.o.s who are do not believe the government and the tepco organization in their measurements of the radiation levels the one which me the most and we talked with them yesterday the movement called the mothers of fukushima these are ordinary women who are afraid for the safety and health of their children radiation meters which is the cheapest of them costs around a thousand u.s. dollars and they are just patrolling the area staking their own measurements and sending them to the government but the government as they say is doing nothing it is not considering the radiation measurements as if they are trying to play down the scale of the things happening even in tokyo in front of the industrial ministry there is a peek at that there is a protest happening for already eight hundred days with the people there protesting against nuclear energy and the actions of the government and the tepco so you can see how serious the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement is now in japan even though they say that their voices being often silenced by those that

to take an agent action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the yeah could sell for help there was a rhythm. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are tw

automated machinery doesn't work as well so everyone has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods the arkansas mandating the water as it's been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each rod has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocked me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of travelling to the explosions on interim novel that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happens these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and o

automated machinery doesn't work as well so every rod has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods the arkansas emanating the water as it's been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each one has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocked me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of traveling to the explosions on interim novel that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happens these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and or

to take a joint action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and they eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the young for help to the water with them. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki publish details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five per

automated machinery doesn't work as well so everyone has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods they are contaminated the water as has been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each drop has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what's what shocked me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of traveling to the explosions on interim novel that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happens these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and o

suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts say that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from japan. and news just a

height of the wall she says to keep published details of what he says is solid evidence of what tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we also deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and.

to take an agent action tepco related to subcontractors and that he eventually as they had a shortage of available workers called the year could sell for help to the us with . but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with. they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki published details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty fiv

automated machinery doesn't work as well so everyone has to be extracted from the pool manually the tepco company running the fukushima clear up process and the japanese government are now in a vicious cycle situation because on the one hand they need to remove these fuel rods the arkansas mandated the water as it's been reported in the waters of the fukushima nuclear power plant and on the other hand of course this is a very risky venture because they have to literally extract every rod and there's more than a thousand of them and each rod has to be extracted manually we also managed to take a peek inside the no go zone in other areas and you know what what shocks me the most and surprised me the most and i'm saying that by my experiences of travelling to the explosion zone in chernobyl that in the fukushima area the towns which are just close to the station ten fifteen kilometers away from the station they have been reopened for residents were literally saw people rebuilding their houses in this area in case anything happened these people would have to be relieved evacuated again and or

the fukushima region itself there are several n.g.o.s who are do not believe the government and the tepco organization in their measurements of the radiation levels the one which struck me the most and we talked with them yesterday the movement called the mothers of fukushima these are ordinary women who are afraid for the safety and health of their children they bought radiation meters which the cheapest of them cost around a thousand u.s. dollars and they are just patrolling the area staking their own measurements and sending them to the government but the government as they say is doing nothing is not considering the radiation measurements as if they're trying to play down the scale of the things happening even in tokyo in front of the industrial ministry there's a peek at there's a protest happening for already eight hundred days with the people there protesting against nuclear energy and the actions of the government and the tepco so you can see how serious the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement is now in japan even though they say that their voices being often silenced by those t

nuclear waste expert kevin camp says that if tepco fails to handle the process of removing fuel rods correctly the consequences could be disastrous it's absurd that tokyo electric is in charge of this globally significant extraction of the fuel from the pool if something goes wrong this could be a global catastrophe that dwarfs what has happened at fukushima daiichi thus far tokyo electric has shown its true colors time and time again its incompetence its dishonesty even the director of the nuclear regulation authority of japan has warned that this process should not be rushed they should not try to force these assemblies out of their storage channels there is no radiological containment around the pool and if this waste were to catch on fire it could be ten times worse than chernobyl tokyo the metropolitan area is thirty million residents and they might have to be evacuated if that waste catches on fire so that that zone could become a dead zone for all time it already is and the evacuation zone should be much larger than twelve point four miles in radius even now and to help you un

in the fukushima region itself there are several n.g.o.s who do not believe the government and the tepco organization in their measurements of the radiation levels the one which struck me the most and we talked with them yesterday the movement called the mothers of fukushima these are ordinary women who are afraid for the safety and health of their children they bought three meters which the cheapest of them costs around a thousand u.s. dollars and they are just but strolling the areas taking their own measurements and sending them to the government but the government as they say is doing nothing it's not considering the radiation measurements as if they're trying to play down the scale of the things happening even in tokyo in front of the industrial ministry there's a peek at there's a protest happening for already eight hundred days with the people there protesting against nuclear energy and the actions of the government and the tepco they told me today which also was quite shocking to me that they are against the idea of holding this summer olympics and talking in twenty twenty so you