Full-body exam: Dr. Takeshi Tanigawa, who has been an industrial physician for two Fukushima nuclear plants since 1991, examines a Tokyo Electric Power Co. worker on Sunday at the Fukushima No. 2 plant. COURTESY OF TAKESHI TANIGAWA/KYODO Depression, stress, poor sanitation, diet: doctorTokyo Electric Power Co. workers engaged in efforts to stabilize the crisis-hit Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant are at risk of depression or death from overwork, a doctor who recently examined them said Wednesday.
The workers are not only undertaking dangerous work in severe conditions but also feel a sense of moral responsibility as employees of the operator of the crippled plant, Takeshi Tanigawa said in an interview.
Many of the workers have been exposed to multiple stresses, he said, as some of them barely survived the March 11 quake and tsunami, as well as subsequent hydrogen explosions that wrecked the plant's reactors, while others lost their homes or saw kin or friends die.
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Not to mention the radiation exposure...