Brave Fukushima 50

The Fukushima 50 was the name given to the employees of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant who were assigned, or volunteered, to remain on-site after other 800 workers were evacuated during the Fukushima I nuclear accidents on the morning 15 March 2011 to continue to attempt to bring the reactors under control.^[1] The original Fukushima 50 were joined by 120 extra workers in the following days and the Fukushima 50 has become the name for the remained the name for the group of workers at Fukushima.

Originally there were approximately 800 workers on the 11 March 2011, the day the earthquake and tsunami struck. On 15 March, workers deemed non-essential were withdrawn by the Tokyo Electric Power Company totalling around 750 workers due to increased risk and consequently leaving around 50. It was on this day, the media started to call the remaining workers the "Fukushima 50".
However, on the morning of the 16 March the remaining workers had to be evacuated for a brief period of time due to a radiation spike which was detected which could be harmful to the workers health. It was reported that when they returned to the plant, a further 130 or so workers joined their colleagues - original 50 known as the "Fukushima 50" - tallying a total of around 180 to stabilise the reactors.

Media outlets lauded the remaining workers bravery as "heroes", and as a result they have become known in the media as the Fukushima 50. France 24 called them "Japan's faceless heroes",^[9] British newspaper, The Guardian wrote: "Other nuclear power employees, as well as the wider population, can only look on in admiration".

I  dedicate this video to the brave workers in Fukushima nuclear plants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWeuGY4Xv9c