In the midst of a lot of talk about how to keep the aging population young, there are people with long lives who are showing extraordinary physical abilities. One of them is Hiroo Tanaka , 93, a multiple world champion in masters track and field. Tanaka began running when he was 60, before which he'd never competed in his adult life. "He's so fast he's world-class." "His running form is so beautiful. It's like he's flying." Tanaka trains at an indoor track in Aomori five days a week. Asked about him, that's the kind of thing the people there say. Tanaka holds multiple masters track and field world records, where age is divided into five-year groups. Last year at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Poland he set a new world record of 38.79 for 200 m in the M90 class (men's 90-94 age group). People around the world were amazed at the time, which was almost unbelievable for a 92-year-old. After retiring from his job as an el
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Quite useful information is found in the blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://allthingsnuclear.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/arclight
Writer is a U.S. nuclear engineer being repeated interviewed on CNN, Fox etc. for his views on the situation. With regard to the "Why I'm not worried..." article he says:
RT @nasilva: @arclight Hi, what's your view on this article? http://t.co/cUjPpsV < THIS. Fantastic, clear summary!!! Please read!
I recommend you read his whole twitter feed going back to Friday. The Union of Concerned Scientists is an anti-nuclear group.