Sunday, March 20, 2011

Japan knew from 2008 that were obsolete nuclear plants

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) made clear in 2008 when Japan's government that nuclear plants were weaknesses that posed risk to a major earthquake contingency, according to documents leaked by WikiLeaks. The cables indicate that during the meeting of the security group Atomic G-8 in Tokyo, an official of the IAEA informed the authorities that the safety of nuclear plants was obsolete and that a strong earthquake would be "a serious problem." The Japanese defense was committed to improving the security level of all its nuclear power plants, and created a rapid response center in central Fukushima, the plant most affected by the quake, "but WikiLeaks documents say the worst scenario that hypothesis was established as an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale.

Another cables statements quoted an American expert, unidentified, in which he expresses concern about Japanese nuclear safety by constant earthquakes. In the report submitted to the U.S. Embassy in Japan, the specialist noted that the seismic safety rules had been revised only three times in the past 35 years and that the revisions did not provide for new nuclear plants.

The Red Cross is appealing for money from the account. For the time will not be installed collection centers for donations in kind by the high cost would represent the movement of goods to the affected areas in Japan. Beware of websites that provide mechanisms for donations. Security agencies warn that could result in fraudulent campaigns.

The Mexican Red Cross is the only institution authorized by the Embassy of Japan to manage aid to daminificados by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that killed thousands in China.

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