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This satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan, taken by DigitalGlobe on March 16, 2011 and released on March 17, shows damage to the Units 1, 3, and 4 reactor buildings. Steam can be seen venting from the Unit 2 reactor and Unit 3 reactor buildings.
This satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan, taken b…
Tokyo: Brave technicians fighting to avoid a nuclear catastrophe in Japan have sent heart-breaking messages to their families while admitting that they know they are on a ” suicide mission.”
The messages from the ‘Fukushima Fifty’, named because they work in shifts of 50 people, were made public yeasterday after a national, channel interviewed their families.
One message from a brave worker said that they (workers) had stoically accepted their fate ‘like a death sentence’.
Another worker, who has been exposed to a near-lethal dose of radiation, wrote a message to his wife saying, ” Please continue to live well, I cannot be home for a while.”
The group of approximately 200 workers remained behind after 700 of their colleagues fled when radiation levels became too dangerous at a level, which will either kill the workers soon or cause them serious illnesses in the coming years.
Experts say they are likely to be front-line technicians and firemen who know the plant the best and the airtight protective suits they are wearing are not enough to protect them against exposure.
During the interview, one relative said: ” My father is still working at the plant. He says he’s accepted his fate, much like a death sentence.”
Another relative said she was sad, as her 59-year-old father had volunteered to stay on at the plant, even though he was due to retire in six months.
Another girl whose father worked at the Fukushima reactor said, she had never seen her mother cry so hard, and wrote on Twitter: “Please Dad, come back alive.”
Of those who stayed behind, five are known to have died already and two are missing. At least 21 others have been injured, The Daily Mail reports.
Michael Friedlander, who has worked in crisis management at similar American nuclear plants, added the workers were probably eating military-style rations and drinking cold water to survive.
He said: ” It’s cold, it’s dark, and you’re doing that while trying to make sure you’re not contaminating yourself while eating.”
Japan is going through a major crisis after being hit by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami last Friday, which damaged cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant causing explosions in some of the reactors and radiation leakage in and around the plant.
Britain and America are pressing Japan to be more open about the disaster, and have advised their citizens to evacuate the affected area and to leave Tokyo as soon as possible. Many locals have also fled the region in search of safer areas.
