The head of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is stepping down for health reasons
The head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down for health reasons.
Masao Yoshida of Tokyo Electric Power Company has been in charge of dealing with the situation at the plant since the March earthquake and tsunami damaged the reactors.
The utility says Yoshida, who will be replaced on Thursday, is resigning in order to receive medical treatments at a hospital. The company says it cannot disclose his illness and level of radiation exposure as that is personal information.
In a statement issued on Monday, Yoshida expressed his regret over leaving the plant at a crucial time and apologized to all the people involved. He said he has to undergo treatment for a disease that was discovered in a health check-up.
Yoshida spoke to reporters on November 12th when the damaged plant was opened to media for the first time since the accident. He said that he had expected to die several times during the first week of the crisis.
He added that when he saw the hydrogen explosions at the Number 1 and 3 reactors, and when his team was unable to pump water into the Number 2 reactor, he thought it was the end.
The utility says Takeshi Takahashi, who is a manager at TEPCO headquarters, will succeed Yoshida.
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TEPCO does not have a history of candor.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has consistently been less than forthcoming.
Exposure to internal and external radioactivity may result in a vast array of medical conditions. These range from 'instant death' and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) to organ (kidney, pancreas ...) failure, leukemia and in the long term cancer and hereditary genetic damage.
I would not trust TEPCO if they asserted that a dog was chasing a rabbit.
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