| inbluevt | Date: Wednesday, 2013/07/10, 7:31 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Masao Yoshida, the manager of the Fukushima Daiichi power in Japan during its meltdown in 2011, has died of cancer, the New York Times reports. He was 58 years old.
The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power, said that Yoshida died of esophageal cancer. Experts have denied a link to the nuclear meltdown due to the speed of his illness.
Yoshida is best known for a series of key decisions made after the plant began
melting down after a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant's cooling systems, including using seawater to cool overheating fuel rods.
Importantly, the first day after the earthquake, Yoshida ignored a requests from both Prime Minister Naoto Kan and senior Tepco officials to stop injecting seawater into the reactors. While there were fears
that the seawater might cause fission chain reaction, Yoshida's plan proved successful and he was never reprimanded for his disobedience.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/masao-y....e47tVc7
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