At a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) held on October 10 regarding the problem of waste liquid containing radioactive substances being applied to workers who were cleaning contaminated water treatment facilities at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in October, members of the committee pointed out a series of problems with work management.
At the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, two people were temporarily hospitalized for decontamination after a hose that dislodges a hose that discharges waste liquid containing radioactive materials into a tank during pipe cleaning work at a contaminated water treatment facility on October 10.
At a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) held on January 25, a member of the committee said, "Problems involving waste liquid should naturally be expected, and it is doubtful whether meaningful safety checks were carried out before work," and "Failures in work management are obvious. We should conduct a thorough investigation to investigate the cause," and there were a series of voices questioning TEPCO's management system.
In addition, while TEPCO initially announced that the amount of waste liquid scattered was about 2 milliliters, subsequent surveys found that it was estimated to be several tens of times larger.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to check whether there were any problems with TEPCO's management system during the inspections being conducted at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.