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Yastel Yamada is a retired technition from the Fukushima Diiatchi Power Plant in Japan that was hit by an earthquake and tsunami 11 March 2011. He established the Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima, an organization of 700 retired scientists and engineers who volunteered to do the clean up work and risk illness and death to protect younger people from the exposure.

In this talk Mr. Yamada presents details of the situation at the plant and his overall principles and plans for dealing with the 40 year clean up required.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3Va4VBWek

Yastel Yamada is a retired technition from the Fukushima Diiatchi Power Plant in Japan that was hit by an earthquake and tsunami 11 March 2011. He established the Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima, an organization of 700 retired scientists and engineers who volunteered to do the clean up work and risk illness and death to protect younger people from the exposure.

In this talk Mr. Yamada presents details of the situation at the plant and his overall principles and plans for dealing with the 40 year clean up required.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmFImLqBV0

SVCF Bulletin No. 29 issued on December 1, 2012

When we started SVCF in the first half of last year, we thought that we would be able to start our work at Fukushima #1 Nuclear Power Plant almost immediately.  However, the reality, which we’ve gradually come to understand since last year’s negotiations, is that the multilayered subcontracting system, which is characteristic of the Japanese society, has been a huge barrier for us.

The multilayered subcontracting system has been problematic in the IT industry for the last 10 years, and there doesn’t appear to be an easy solution for this issue.  This issue is also something that will need to be resolved as it relates to the Fukushima nuclear power plant. As they prepare to start removing fuel debris from the site, it will become increasingly difficult to work within the current system.

http://svcf.jp/archives/3777