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The Nuclear Plant Workers were performing a heroic routine to save the Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant from destruction. The workers have voluntarily exposed themselves to the fatal levels of radiation. They said that they are not afraid to die and will fight from being destructed till the end of their lives.A total of 180 technicians have been named as the Fukushima Fifty' due to which they rotate round-the-clock shifts in order to cool the overheating reactors. Yesterday, the Japanese military helicopters were headed with tons of water to cool the nuclear reactors.
The country believes that the people working for the nuclear plant are the bravest of the brave and have kept themselves in front of the country. The Tokyo radiology professor, Keiichi Nakagawa stated that the situation is like suicide fighters in the war. The country has raised the maximum of 150% dose for workers. However, the Japanese authorities were accused of loosing the control over plant and there by not coming clean over the expectation that how bad will be the issue.
The policemen of Japan said that they have confirmed 6,548 deaths in the earthquake and the tsunami which hit the northern Japan. It has been exactly one week after the disaster has hit the country. The death rate has surpassed than the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. According to the records, 10,345 people are still missing and some might be not reported as missing because, the entire family might have been demised completely. The death toll continues in Miyagi Prefecture leading to 3,860 confirmed deaths and 2,252 missing. The Fukushima Prefecture has recorded 592 deaths and 3,844 people remained to be still missing.
TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that radiations readings have decreased after the water was discharged at reactor No.3 of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Fukushima has taken prevention measures have been taken about of 500 meters northwest of reactor before implementing the operation. The radiation level stood at 3,484 microsieverts per hour and dropped to 3,339 after the operation.
A spokesman for the nuclear safety agency has stated that the agency has raised the rating of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis upon the International Nuclear Event Scale. It is defined at the Level 4 incident as of having the local consequences and a Level 5 for having wider consequences.
