Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: 'Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks'

What is TEPCO hiding from the World that they don't want the workers to talk to family or the media about the radiation levels? This has been mishandled from Day One. This article is for the people who don't think there is very much danger with these nuclear power plants and that TEPCO is doing the right thing to which I have disagreed from almost the beginning.  Something has been wrong and you can feel it in the lack of honesty out of TEPCO executives and the Japanese Government who has been downplaying most of what happened we guess to avoid panic including how many died and/or missing.  Don't the people of Japan have a right to know the facts?

Starting with the way they stored their spent rods in pools on top of buildings in an earthquake zone says there was little to no inspection about safety at the plants. As time has gone by more and more details are trickling out and it doesn't look good. It is no longer just media hype. As for the UN organization IEAE being the experts, doubt is creeping in if their reports are accurate since the new head comes from Japan.

It is a bad situation and on top of everything, read below how the workers in the plant risking their lives are being treated:

Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says that workers were only eating two basic meals of crackers and dried rice a day, and sleeping in conference rooms and hallways in the building.

According to Kaieda, not all of the workers had apparently been provided with lead sheeting to shield themselves from potentially radiation-contaminated floors while sleeping.

“My son has been sleeping on a desk because he is afraid to lie on the floor. But they say high radioactivity is everywhere and I think this will not save him,” said the mother of the worker who spoke to Fox News.

These men are working long shifts and that is their meals? TEPCO executives should be ashamed for what they are doing to these men. Every last one of them should be provided the very best there is if they are risking lives to save their country.

We truly hope the article is wrong but the rescue teams collecting bodies killed by the tsunami cannot even get to the bodies around the plant because of the high dosages of radiation that is in that area and in the bodies. They are now discussing using concrete to bury the plant like they did in Chernobyl.

Are the people of Japan and the world being told the truth by TEPCO? We hope so because we would hate to think this article is the truth that has been hidden from the Japanese people. The head of TEPCO is now in the hospital due to high blood pressure and other issues due to stress.

This article shows the bravery of the men who have stayed in the plant to try and save Japan from a nuclear disaster, but is also sad at the same time as they could be facing death for their actions.

God be with these brave men and what they are doing to save the Japanese people and the Country they love.

Japan's Nuclear Rescuers: 'Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks'By Dominic Di-Natale

Published March 31, 2011
| FoxNews.com

Workers at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan say they expect to die from radiation sickness as a result of their efforts to bring the reactors under control, the mother of one of the men tells Fox News.

The so-called Fukushima 50, the team of brave plant workers struggling to prevent a meltdown to four reactors critically damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are being repeatedly exposed to dangerously high radioactive levels as they attempt to bring vital cooling systems back online.

Speaking tearfully through an interpreter by phone, the mother of a 32-year-old worker said: “My son and his colleagues have discussed it at length and they have committed themselves to die if necessary to save the nation.

“He told me they have accepted they will all probably die from radiation sickness in the short term or cancer in the long-term.”

The woman spoke to Fox News on the condition of anonymity because, she said, plant workers had been asked by management not to communicate with the media or share details with family members in order to minimize public panic.

The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (or TEPCO), says medical teams conduct regular testing on the restoration workers for signs of contamination-related illness. It claims there have been no further cases following the three workers who were treated last week after coming into direct contact with radioactive water. There are no reports of new members of the Fukushima 50 developing radiation sickness.

Although two suffered radiation burns to their legs and ankles and absorbed radiation internally, they have since been released from the hospital and are regularly being checked for signs of any deterioration in their condition, says TEPCO.

The company has pledged to improve the tough conditions for workers who stay on the site due to the short turnaround of shifts on safety grounds.

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