Thousands of well-wishing messages are plastered across the walls of the decommissioning nerve center at Fukushima Daiichi. Sent in from around Japan and overseas, they praise the courage of workers at the crippled nuclear plant and pray for their good health. Facing the daunting task of cleaning up after one of the worst nuclear disasters in history, workers at the site clearly need all the encouragement they can get.
The quake-resistant emergency response center has become the de facto command post for those on the frontline of the cleanup operation. Built just eight months before the March 2011 disaster, it was one of the only buildings to escape damage as a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the plant, triggering a triple nuclear meltdown.
At the center around 200 workers in blue uniforms oversee ongoing operations in the plant and direct the highly sensitive and potentially dangerous job of removing fuel rods from one of the plant’s damaged reactor units, with around 80 of them taking turns to work through the night to respond to any emergencies.
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