"The Suicide Team" or "Samurai", as they are being called, make up a group of workers still trying to avoid a nuclear disaster at Fukushima, will be paying the ultimate price.
The Japanese Government is offering high salaries for workers willing to sacrifice themselves for "the good of the nation". And there are many who accept to consciously expose themselves to high radiation levels in order to try and stabilize the nuclear reactors and prevent core meltdown.
The core in reactor 2 is melting
The core in reactor 2 seems to have almost completely melted, warned experts on Tuesday, spreading fear that workers will not be able to save the reactor and avoid radioactive gases leaking into the atmosphere.
Richard Lahey, who was chief of one the safety research teams at General Electric back when the company had installed units in Fukushima, said that in his opinion, the workers still pumping water over these 3 reactors practically have already lost the battle.
Workers at Fukushima paid with 1,000 euros per day
According to The Independent, workers receive amounts between 80,000 and 100,000 yen per day, or the equivalent of about 1,000 euros/day. The amount was disclosed by a former worker who was part of the team at Fukushima.
Employees from Fukushima nuclear plant are being exposed to high levels of radiation in an attempt to control the overheated reactor core. They agree to work in these conditions, although they are conscious that it's a suicide mission.
Heroes of Fukushima: "It is inevitable that some of them will die in the coming weeks"
Workers from the team "Fukushima 50" are trying to cool the nuclear power reactors are repeatedly expose themselves to high radioactive levels.
"My son and his colleagues have discussed and are willing to die if necessary to save the nation" said the mother of a 32 year old worker. "He told me that they have all accepted the idea that they will probably die soon after because of high radiation or long-term due to cancer."
She could not confirm whether her son or other workers already suffered from any diseases caused by radiation, but said it was inevitable that some of them would die in the coming weeks or months.
"They know that it is impossible not to have been exposed to deadly doses of radiation" said the worker's mother.
Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said Thursday, while in a conversation with the Japanese Communist Party leader, that the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant will most probably have to be torn down for good.
As compared to the poor military conscripts obliged by the soviets to work in the crippled Chernobyl reactor (not even knowing the deadly threat), the Japanese samurais working now at Fukushima are real heroes who clearly know their suicidal job and accept doing it.
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