Let's get it straight....the Fukushima 50 are really the Fukushima 200.

Skidmore

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:10 PM
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Let's get it straight....the Fukushima 50 are really the Fukushima 200.

Edited on Wed Mar-16-11 03:14 PM by Skidmore

There are 200 older workers in rotating shifts of 50 in that facility. They volunteered or were selected because they are older and the long term effects of radiation exposure will be fewer due to their shorter remaining life span. These are all valiant souls. Let's give ALL of them their do rather than bestow a label that does not reflect the historical accuracy of the sacrifice they make for Japan and the world.

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patrice

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:23 PM
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1. Their Service to nation and humanity humbles us.

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Skidmore

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:25 PM
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2. They certainly have stepped into the breech.

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sixmile

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:27 PM
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3. "...There is a recognition this is a suicide mission..."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-send-special-nuclear-team-japan-nuclear-regulatory/story?id=13148044

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"It would be hard to describe how alarming this is right now," one U.S. official told ABC News.'

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Scuba

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:29 PM
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4. Regardless of the number, they're all heroes. n/t

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hlthe2b

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Wed Mar-16-11 03:51 PM
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5. May their sacrifice not go unappreciated. True true courage

and real altruism.

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avaistheone1

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Thu Mar-17-11 01:20 AM
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6. {{{{{ }}}}}

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Dappleganger

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Thu Mar-17-11 01:21 AM
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7. Much respect.

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ribrepin

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Thu Mar-17-11 01:25 AM
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8. Stand up...The remaining Fukshima workers are passing by

I salute you.

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TorchTheWitch

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Thu Mar-17-11 02:01 AM
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9. Some were SELECTED???

Did they all not freely agree to do this???

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PufPuf23

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Thu Mar-17-11 02:10 AM
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10. If Chernobyl is the model, the workers are martyrs facing death.

My perception is that there is not a feasible solution that is now known to corral the disaster.

Fire fighting helicopter water drops are useless.

Likely without some great insight, the disaster will be long and drawn out and I feel for Japan and the Japanese people and foreign ex pats and workers in Japan.

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