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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 09:30 AM
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Fukushima nuclear plant (recovery) worker dies ('suddenly')
Source: Herald Sun

A WORKER hired to help bring the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant under control died suddenly, the third fatality reported among workers at the stricken plant since the March accident, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said it believed the death on Thursday, like the previous two, had nothing to do with exposure to radiation in the plant.

It also said the death did not result from overwork, though the company did not disclose the cause.

TEPCO said a male worker in his 50s became ill during a meeting Wednesday morning, before his shift started. He was taken to a hospital immediately, and died the next morning.

Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/fukushima-nuclear-plant-worker-dies/story-e6frf7lf-1226161675432
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 09:51 AM
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1. I wonder if he threatened to talk and, wham, he was made dead. nt
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 10:14 AM
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2. No need to go all tinfoil hat
These are suicide workers--they know exactly what they are doing, turning their little bit of life remaining into cash for their surviving family.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 10:23 AM
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3. Right. But there are still big biz goons who get rid of problems. Next
Edited on Fri Oct-07-11 10:25 AM by valerief
you'll be saying that cops beating peaceful protesters with batons is all tinfoil hat. Or that proprietary software voting machines that flip votes is all tinfoil hat. Tinfoil hat is a catch-all for people who refuse to consider viable possibilities.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 10:52 AM
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5. The deaths are expected.
No extra measures necessary.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:01 PM
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7. +1000
:thumbsup:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 10:49 AM
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4. Of course it was sudden. He was alive, and then he was dead.
It sorta works like that. You are breathing, and then you are not.

Now, whether or not his ILLNESS was sudden or simply undiagnosed until he fell and couldn't get up is another matter entirely.
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bongbong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 11:56 AM
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6. What They Wanted To Say
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said it believed the death on Thursday, like the previous two, had nothing to do with exposure to radiation in the plant. Instead, it was due to the anti-nuke movement.
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