I agree that more effort is required than 50 men for 6 reactors working 72 hr shifts.
IMHO, the owners of the facility have been grossly insufficient in supporting those running the plant or if those operating the plant have insufficiently reported their situation, those to whom they report have failed to take remedial action.
I have no problem with those operators backing out. They appear to have been performing at superhuman levels. IMHO, proper management would have been taking measures to have a proper turnover to the next crew to manage the situation.
The impression given in the press is that they all have now just walked away from a mess.
“The impression given in the press is that they all have now just walked away from a mess”
There is nothing really left to do...this site is over, finished, done for...