As the rest of the world waits to see if Japan can avert a nuclear catastrophe, a small band of experts is putting their lives at risk to prevent the disaster. Thousands of people living near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been evacuated from their homes because of the risk of radiation leaks from reactors damaged by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
But while most hurry in the opposite direction, about 180 plant workers are staying put -- despite the fact that doing so could result in serious illness or even death -- to battle the meltdown threat. These workers at the site are involved in a heroic endeavor despite the fragmentary evidence that in some places on the site there were life-threatening doses of radiation. They are doing enormously heroic work. Bravo.
Pray for those in Japan.
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