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The sources said Tokyo Electric Power Company, in order to reduce radiation exposure, death squads, a group of 50 people, about 10-15 minutes to turn out factory, while for the water cooling, while cleaning up the wreckage of an explosion, 15 minutes limit is too long to avoid exposure to radiation . But even if this is the way several groups of regular rotation is no guarantee that emergency personnel are not subject to radiation damage.
Keep the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima 50 "death squads" has touched the hearts of members of the multinational people of the heart. 17, informed the Japanese government said it has at least 19 workers were injured, 20 were exposed to radiation, 2 missing. Even so, Tokyo Electric Power Company sources said the request for more volunteers to join the relief team, "death squads" have been expanded from 17 to 180 people, they are all volunteers join, they will shift into the first Fukushima nuclear power plant fighting.
Nuclear power plant staff really as some people have said is implementing a suicide mission?
In order to reduce radiation exposure, death squads, a group of 50 people, about 10-15 minutes to turn out factory, while for the water cooling, while cleaning up the wreckage of an explosion, 15 minutes limit is too long to avoid exposure to radiation. But even if this is the way several groups of regular rotation is no guarantee that emergency personnel are not subject to radiation damage.
Professor of Radiology, University of Tokyo Keiichi Nakagawa told the U.S. media, said: "They perform like a suicide mission in the war fighters. Besides, I do not know how to describe it." Emergency response personnel is in the implementation of a suicide mission, Oregon State University nuclear engineering and radiation health physics department head Higley said it could not give a clear answer. She said: "It's hard to say. Based on reactor design, there may be some regions higher doses of radiation. At the same time, they also set the security zone staff to respond to possible emergencies. Depends on whether a suicide what they need to complete the task. "
Higley said that as of now, we only hear rumors of symptoms of radiation sickness appear, but the government has not issued any definitive statement.
