Reply #45: Exclusive: WANTED: U.S. workers for crippled Japan nuke plant [View All]

[Demeter]

THE NUCLEAR EQUIVALENT OF CANNON FODDER...IS THAT ALL WE ARE GOOD FOR?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-japan-nuclear-us-idUSTRE72U84H20110331?pageNumber=1

A U.S. recruiter is hiring nuclear power workers in the United States to help Japan gain control of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant, which has been spewing radiation.

The qualifications: Skills gained in the nuclear industry, a passport, a family willing to let you go, willingness to work in a radioactive zone.

The rewards: Higher than normal pay and the challenge of solving a major crisis.

"About two weeks ago we told our managers to put together a wish list of anyone interested in going to Japan," said Joe Melanson, a recruiter at specialist nuclear industry staffing firm Bartlett Nuclear in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday.

So far, the firm has already signed up some workers who will be flying to Japan on Sunday.

Melanson said there will be less than 10 workers in the initial group. Others are expected to follow later, he added.