Fukushima 50
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Fukushima 50
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20043554.shtml
Not much on the board about Japan but I have been thinking a lot about these people lately. If anyone has ever seen the movie "K-19: The Widowmaker" may know what some of the workers are facing.
Many of the workers who are stuggling to keep this desperate situation under control will likely die for their efforts. Just wanted some outlet to say, God bless the Fukushima 50.
That is all.
Not much on the board about Japan but I have been thinking a lot about these people lately. If anyone has ever seen the movie "K-19: The Widowmaker" may know what some of the workers are facing.
Many of the workers who are stuggling to keep this desperate situation under control will likely die for their efforts. Just wanted some outlet to say, God bless the Fukushima 50.
That is all.
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These guys need every medal in the book awarded to them, and should be financially secured by the japanese gov't for the rest of their lives. There's no words that can properly articulate what they did for the country, for the world, and for nuclear energy as a whole.
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Originally Posted by MannyBY' timestamp='1300913491' post='20390360
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20043554.shtml
Not much on the board about Japan but I have been thinking a lot about these people lately. If anyone has ever seen the movie "K-19: The Widowmaker" may know what some of the workers are facing.
Many of the workers who are stuggling to keep this desperate situation under control will likely die for their efforts. Just wanted some outlet to say, God bless the Fukushima 50.
That is all.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20043554.shtml
Not much on the board about Japan but I have been thinking a lot about these people lately. If anyone has ever seen the movie "K-19: The Widowmaker" may know what some of the workers are facing.
Many of the workers who are stuggling to keep this desperate situation under control will likely die for their efforts. Just wanted some outlet to say, God bless the Fukushima 50.
That is all.
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And how did that work out for them? LOL
I think the workers who stayed at the plant to try to keep things under control deserve appreciation. But I think it is a mistake to think they committed effective suicide by doing so.
They number well above 50 people, they didn't take stupid risks, they know what they are doing as it's their regular job, and they understand the risks and effects of radiation.
IMHO it cheapens their efforts to cast them as sacrificing their lives for greater good. They weren't facing the boogeyman, they were facing an understood and controllable threat to public health and safety. Their knowledge and experience is why they stayed to contain the threat, not some deathwish or fatalistic sense of drama.
It's all well and good to talk about the "Fukushima 50." But they never existed. Why replace the worthy efforts of real people with fictional deeds of fictional people? Are the real people not noble enough?
I think the workers who stayed at the plant to try to keep things under control deserve appreciation. But I think it is a mistake to think they committed effective suicide by doing so.
They number well above 50 people, they didn't take stupid risks, they know what they are doing as it's their regular job, and they understand the risks and effects of radiation.
IMHO it cheapens their efforts to cast them as sacrificing their lives for greater good. They weren't facing the boogeyman, they were facing an understood and controllable threat to public health and safety. Their knowledge and experience is why they stayed to contain the threat, not some deathwish or fatalistic sense of drama.
It's all well and good to talk about the "Fukushima 50." But they never existed. Why replace the worthy efforts of real people with fictional deeds of fictional people? Are the real people not noble enough?
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And how did that work out for them? LOL
I think the workers who stayed at the plant to try to keep things under control deserve appreciation. But I think it is a mistake to think they committed effective suicide by doing so.
They number well above 50 people, they didn't take stupid risks, they know what they are doing as it's their regular job, and they understand the risks and effects of radiation.
IMHO it cheapens their efforts to cast them as sacrificing their lives for greater good. They weren't facing the boogeyman, they were facing an understood and controllable threat to public health and safety. Their knowledge and experience is why they stayed to contain the threat, not some deathwish or fatalistic sense of drama.
It's all well and good to talk about the "Fukushima 50." But they never existed. Why replace the worthy efforts of real people with fictional deeds of fictional people? Are the real people not noble enough?
I think the workers who stayed at the plant to try to keep things under control deserve appreciation. But I think it is a mistake to think they committed effective suicide by doing so.
They number well above 50 people, they didn't take stupid risks, they know what they are doing as it's their regular job, and they understand the risks and effects of radiation.
IMHO it cheapens their efforts to cast them as sacrificing their lives for greater good. They weren't facing the boogeyman, they were facing an understood and controllable threat to public health and safety. Their knowledge and experience is why they stayed to contain the threat, not some deathwish or fatalistic sense of drama.
It's all well and good to talk about the "Fukushima 50." But they never existed. Why replace the worthy efforts of real people with fictional deeds of fictional people? Are the real people not noble enough?
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