A worker at the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup site died late last week after a trench caved-in, according to a release from Tokyo Electric Power Company. According to TEPCO, the worker was one of a group of workers involved in the repair of foundation piles at a currently empty container storage facility, and to access the piles, a 2-meter-deep trench had been dug on the north side of the building. After the cave-in, the worker was rescued and sent to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. TEPCO will launch an investigation while a portion of the site will remain shut down until more definitive answers are known. “President Hirose has pledged a thorough inquiry into the cause of the accident, whether workers and supervisors were following appropriate safety procedures, and what steps should be taken to prevent a recurrence,” the release said.
WORKER AT FUKUSHIMA CLEANUP DIES FOLLOWING CAVE-IN ACCIDENT
Westinghouse, Bechtel, Polish partner move forward on nuclear plant contract talks
The consortium of Bechtel and Westinghouse and Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) have agreed on major commercial terms of the engineering procurement and construction contract to use Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor technology at Poland’s first nuclear plant. PEJ handed over the leading role of the project to Bechtel in August. The companies’ have now set the foundation […]