'Fukushima reactors not stable'

[Saint in Paradise]

Very,very,very brave men.

The reactors at crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are not stable, says its former head. He urged for international expertise to
be called in to make the site of one of world’s worst nuclear disasters safe.

"People won't come back to Fukushima until the plant is stabilized and we still need to find a way to do that," Masao Yoshida said as
cited by The Australian newspaper. "We have to bring people in from around the world. It will require people, technology and wisdom
from all corners."

Yoshida, 57, was speaking on Saturday after a 17-month silence in a video message, in which he described his experience of leading
a desperate drive to tame the disabled plant. He and his men, dubbed the Fukushima 50 in Japan, were working to hold down melting
down reactors at the facility hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

He said he had no right to go public with his warning until four investigations into the disaster were concluded. Yoshida, who is currently
in hospital suffering cancer of the esophagus, said he and his workers cooperated with the probes, but since their human stories did not
enter the official reports, he agreed to an interview.

"It was clear from the beginning that we couldn't run," Yoshida said. "Reactors five and six would have also melted down without people
staying on site.

"My colleagues went out there again and again. The level of radiation on the ground was terrible, yet they gave everything that they had."


http://www.rt.com/news/fukushima-pla...stabilize-505/

[Twentytwentvision]

Wow....a brave man indeed. He really is a hero.

[sfc1971]

With decaying radiation still pouring into the Sea this is going to affect the whole World in the near future and is being hushed up very well indeed. I would be very careful about consuming Fish/Shellfish sourced from the Pacific area.

[This Charming Man]

With decaying radiation still pouring into the Sea this is going to affect the whole World in the near future and is being hushed up very well indeed. I would be very careful about consuming Fish/Shellfish sourced from the Pacific area.

I've already stopped buying whale blubber and shark fin soup as I worry about the damage to the environment in that region.

[sussexsaint]

Much respect , he will not survive that cancer long sadly