That is, if you are not a strong enough economy to pay high wages, you will likewise not be a strong enough economy to ensure against dumping, occupationalexposure to workers, rights of workers to redress harm, infrastructure to manage toxic residual material downstream, government monitoring and enforcement of laws etc.
To put the reports coming out of Japan in perspective, the NRC limits occupational radiation exposure for adults working with radioactive material to 50, 000 microsieverts a year.