" Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima 'suicide corps' "
June 2, 2011
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CNN reports that over 250 Japanese seniors, 60 years of age or older, have volunteered for radioactively hazardous duty at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Japanese federal government, at first averse to the idea, appears to be opening up to it now that finding enough workers to staff emergency efforts is becoming more challenging.

Article originally appeared on Beyond Nuclear (https://archive.beyondnuclear.org/).
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