[LINK] Radiation

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

> The report said (workers) had been evacuated, but were back, either
> 50 or 180 people.


"They have not been able to get close to the spent rods, as even with 
protective clothing it only stops workers from breathing in radioactive 
particles, not from radiation itself," Dr Peter Hosemann PHD of the 
University of California Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department said 
Tuesday."

They are indeed very brave souls.

<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/16/us-japan-nuclear-pool-
idUSTRE72F8VN20110316>


Regards,
Stephen