(what a great story, as one lady said, we were responsible for bringing nuclear power on, so it's only right that we step up to help...)
Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima 'suicide corps'
By Kyung Lah (CNN)
June 1, 2011 3:50 a.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Yasuteru Yamada hopes his Skilled Veterans Corps can help end the nuclear crisis
The 250-strong group has volunteered to work in the contaminated Fukushima plant
They say cells of an older person's body divide more slowly than a younger individual
TEPCO says the plant currently has enough workers to control the crisis
Tokyo (CNN) -- Up a narrow flight of stairs in a modest, non-descript office building, three retirees sit in a cramped room, hunched over their computers and mobile phones. They look like the planning committee for a neighborhood senior breakfast, not the leaders of a 250-member team attempting to defuse one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in history.
But that's exactly what 72-year-old Yasuteru Yamada hopes his seniors group, the Skilled Veterans Corps, will do: help end the crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The group, consisting only of retirees age 60 and up, says it is
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/japan.nuclear.suicide/
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