![]() citizens fleeing a potential nuclear disaster arrive back on American soil. Radiation from Japan has been detected in Chicago and Dallas as U.S. 'At home, he doesn't seem like someone who could handle big jobs. ![]() He says he's accepted his fate, much like a death sentence.'Ī woman said her husband who was at the plant had continued to work while fully aware he was being bombarded with radiation.Īnother said that her 59-year-old father had volunteered for Fukushima duty, adding: 'I heard that he volunteered even though he will be retiring in just half a year and my eyes are filling up with tears. One relative said: 'My father is still working at the plant. Their heart-rending messages home were made public yesterday by Japanese national television, which has interviewed their relatives. They are doing four shifts in rotation, working on restarting the cooling systems. Whilst the men are called the Fukushima Fifty, the group is thought to actually be 200-strong. It is thought that mostly older men have volunteered because they have already had children – younger workers might be rendered infertile by the high radiation doses. Their identities have not been revealed, but experts said they are likely to be working class front-line technicians and firemen who know the plant the best. The group remained behind after 700 of their colleagues fled when radiation levels became too dangerous. The radiation levels at the plant entrance are at a level which will either kill the workers soon or cause them appalling illnesses in the years to come.Įxperts have said that the airtight suits they are wearing would do little to stop the contamination. Her husband sent her an email that said: 'Continue to live well. Heartbreaking message: This woman told interviewers her husband was working at the plant in the full knowledge he was being radiated. One of the 'Fukushima Fifty' said they were stoically accepting their fate 'like a death sentence'.Īnother, having absorbed a near-lethal dose of radiation, told his wife: 'Please continue to live well, I cannot be home for a while.' Poignant messages sent home by the workers trying to prevent full-scale nuclear catastrophe at Japan's stricken nuclear plant reveal that they know they are on a suicide mission.
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