New York Times, 15. März 2011

Radiation Exposure Could Curtail Workers’ Efforts

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

As radiation levels rise at the crippled reactors in northern Japan, a basic question arises: how long can workers keep struggling to ward off full meltdowns?

The workers are performing what have been described as heroic tasks, like using fire equipment to pump seawater into the three failing reactors to keep the nuclear fuel from melting down and fighting the fire at a fourth reactor.

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