Published: July 26th, 2012 at 1:40 am ET
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Title: No. 1 plant’s ex-chief lauds ‘saints in hell’
Source: Kyodo
Date: July 26, 2012
The ex-chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant praises his subordinates who strove to contain the crisis in a video that will be aired at an upcoming event in the city of Fukushima.
Masao Yoshida, 57, describes the workers as “Buddhist saints in hell” and says he thought he could have died in the crisis and the “workers cooling the reactors at the plant could not leave the site.”
The 30-minute video will be shown with English subtitles at a symposium Aug. 11.
It is the first time Yoshida has detailed in public how he felt during the critical period following the March 11, 2011, start of the catastrophe.
Yoshida was relieved of his post in December to undergo treatment for esophageal cancer.
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He says he told subordinates to write their names on a whiteboard to let people know who “remained at the site until the last minute to fight” the disaster.
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Yoshida says debris from an explosion in the reactor 3 building three days into the crisis flew into the building housing the control room where he was in command, and that he feared that an even worse catastrophe was in the offing.
Published: July 26th, 2012 at 1:40 am ET
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Dear Folks,
Esophageal cancer …not good. Yet, this courageous person rises above it to fight for truth. May we all be so moved by him
Thank you ENENews.
Aloha.
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"..He says he told subordinates to write their names on a whiteboard to let people know who “remained at the site until the last minute to fight” the disaster.."
a hero, they all are!!
a list of names would be handy here, but will tepco release the names?
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They deserve the highest civilian award Japan has and the world certainly owes them much gratitude, release their names I would like to submit their names for a noble prize, never has so many owe the gratitude of so few. 6 billion, comparable to the battle of Britain.
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forgive me for not feeling the same fervor of gratitude at this time…perhaps if 3 or more explosions and three or more meltdowns/melt-throughs hadnʻt happened and perhaps if the situation hadnʻt steadily deteriorated since, I would have more space in my heart for thanks…it seems to me more spin to give the impression we were saved…itʻs how many months later and radioactive materials continue to pour into the water, air and earth unabated!! most of the work performed since 3/11 seems to be cosmetic…whereʻs the concrete/steel/boron entombment? where is the data proving a decline in radioactive contamination?
"…and that he feared that an even worse catastrophe was in the offing."
umm, 4 destroyed reactors with nuclear fuel blown sky-high and a constant flow of fission products directly into the environment…Iʻd say an even worse catastrophe HAS occurred and continues nonstop!!
I wish I could be more zen about this, but the shit has already hit the fan (jet stream, gyre, etc.) and the situation seems to be getting worse.
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Dear Hanaloa,
I hear your words. Yes, you are right about the overwhelming tragedy. I too have moments of despair and rage. No zen here, just recognizing the courage and actions of one incredibly brave and steadfast soul who chooses to speak.
Thank you ENENews. Take care Hanaloa.
Aloha.
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Don't worry! be happy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHFDa9efCQU
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