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In reply to the discussion: Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4 [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)One of the biggest obstacles with the Fukushima disaster is the loss of life in the process of fixing it. Engineers always have to think in terms of the safe ways to design anything. It's actually the entirety of the process and education of engineers to make things that don't hurt humans or property. Who will design a fix for the Fukushima reactor that factors in those who will have to give their life to make it happen? And I speculate there will very likely be those who WILL have to choose to die. There is no quick and clean way to make this happen before it has a disastrous effect on humanity.
There will be lives lost in the process. There will be heroes who will have to choose to sacrifice themselves. Why do you think the operators are dragging their feet? Why do you think the Japanese government is being silent? If they aren't silent they will have to choose the way of their ancestors and they are not that brave anymore. Who is? If we had another couple of years to spare, maybe we could find a way with the help of the entire world community to fix this thing with only accidental casualties. We don't have that time left.
Do I hear volunteers?
I am very serious.