Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Fukushima has 700 Plant Crew Heroes Not 50 as Reported by Foreign Media

There are about 700 not 50 workers, engaged in the daily struggle with the "invisible enemy" at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as reported by the foreign media, leading Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun sought to clarify.  Fukushima 50 is the name given by the foreign media to a group of employees of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. When a nuclear accident resulted in a serious fire at the plant's unit 4 on 15 March 2011, these 50 employees remained on-site after 750 other workers were evacuated.   link

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