“Dad chose to go because of his sense of responsibility toward his job. Now he’s working for everyone.”-worried wife to her daughter

They’re desperate, but determined to support their husbands, working in deadly conditions at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

“My Dad’s great. He’s a hero.”-proud daughter

Many wives know their husbands might suffer deadly contamination working at the damaged nuke plant, but they say their husbands are driven by a sense of commitment to the country.  Their children don’t quite understand the seriousness of the situation; dad is a hero, but how long will he be here after exposure to the deadly radiation?

Some wives say relatives criticize them for not stopping their husbands from working in the deadly plant.  Not only do they have to deal with relatives, but their own husbands will not talk about what is going on at Fukushima Daiichi.

“It’s my job as his wife to believe he’s safe and wait for him to come home after work where he’s risking his life.”

A 61-year-old woman, whose husband manages one of the many subcontractors at Fukushima Daiichi, says it is difficult to get info.  In a recent email her husband said only “I’m alright”, after she asked about radiation exposure.

She said when he finally came home for a break he looked exhausted.

Another wife tries to deal with it by planing the usual things, like enrolling her daughter in school.  She said after a week of working at the damaged nuclear plant, her husband came home looking exhausted, with bloodshot eyes.  He told her he had been exposed to high levels of radiation.  She said their daughter seems to know, she no longer asks for piggy back rides.

From The Daily Yomiuri