Two Fukushima Daiichi workers drowned by tsunami had been ordered to inspect basement
August 2, 2011
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The Mainichi Daily News reports that two Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant workers, whose drowned bodies were discovered on March 30th, nearly three weeks after the earthquake-triggered tsunami inundated the northeastern Japan atomic site, had been ordered by a Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) supervisor down to the turbine building basement of Unit 4 to check for leaks from pipes, despite warnings that large tsunamis were inbound.

Article originally appeared on Beyond Nuclear (https://archive.beyondnuclear.org/).
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