Operators who are struggling to stabilize the Fukushima nuclear power cables have been extended up to six reactors at the plant in a new way to restore power in all units and re-cooling system. The workers resumed their work after that, as happened during the day yesterday with the reactors 3 and 4, were forced to suspend the smoke coming from the reactors 2 and 3, according to Kyodo.
Thanks to this new attempt to regain control was achieved in the wake of the nuclear facilities lighting, as announced some national media. Operators have been another step toward reviving the cooling systems of the plant to stop radiation and a constant source of light will help workers to arrange the instruments damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.
However, the situation is far from controlled. While the Minister of Industry, Banri Kaieda, acknowledged that progress in the wiring is good news, has warned that the situation remains "extremely difficult." The spokesman for the Nuclear Security Agency, Hidehiko Nishiyama, explained that if electrical power is restored, the status of the plant will be "visible", which allow authorities to check whether the current measures are sufficient.
Already been achieved in one room. But there is still much to be done. Although it has secured, according to Kyodo, which is unlikely to get worse and turn to produce a core meltdown. Nishiyama has told journalists that it is likely that increasing temperatures in a pool of nuclear waste on the verge of boiling, may have caused the steam from yesterday issued the reactor 2, and still comes in small amounts , according to the Associated Press.
However, since no smoke from the reactor 3. The official has warned that if the pool water evaporates and leaves exposed to nuclear waste could lead to new radioactive emissions. The company also reported that the damage to the reactors 1 and 2 by the sea water after the tsunami on day 11 are larger than initially believed.
Also concerned about possible contamination of the marine environment since the early days of the nuclear crisis, the operators used seawater in large quantities in a desperate attempt to cool the reactors, some of which turned the sea. The Japanese authorities have begun to measure the radiation on the coast of eight villages near the plant, for which they have sent a boat to take samples.
However, insist that the levels detected, although higher than normal, are safe, "even if you drink for a year," said government spokesman Yukio Edan. Meanwhile, Hideo Morimoto, the director of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, has assured that the establishment of sea water dissipates and does not pose a risk to other coastal countries.
Greenpeace criticizes IAEA Despite these positive reports, Greenpeace has criticized the IAEA for having omitted important facts about the accident at the plant. "According to research by Greenpeace, the IAEA has issued a hydrogen explosion in the spent fuel pool of the reactor 4 in Fukushima, which occurred last week, has said the environmental organization said in a statement released in Austria and Germany, which ensures also that the Atomic Industrial Forum Japan (Haifa) called this very serious explosion.
Criticism of Greenpeace has responded IAEA spokesman, Andrew Graham, who has complained about their share of the little information that comes from Japan, but has not hesitated to describe the STATUS as "very serious." "We have received confirmed information for some time regarding the integrity of the containment unit 1, so we are concerned to know their exact status," he said.
Radiation has also been detected at levels 430 times above normal, on the ground about 40 kilometers from the plant, as reported by the Ministry of Science yesterday after measurements. TEPCO vice president, Norio tsuzumi, traveled today to the Fukushima prefecture, where he has apologized in person to a shelter for evacuees in the city of Tamura, which houses about 800 residents of the town of Okuma, located about 10 kilometers of the plant.
Popular sentiment in the region is such that the governor of the prefecture, Yuhei Sato, has refused to meet with executives of the company. "Given the anxiety, anger and exasperation of the people of Fukushima, there is no way to accept his apology," he said. NHK has broadcast images of the director bowing to the evacuees as a sign of contrition.
The displaced tsuzumi have asked when can return to their homes, and have complained that they can no longer make a living on their farms. After the visit, the vice president of the company that runs the plant said he understands neighbors' requests, and the only thing you can do is continue their efforts to try to resolve the crisis.
But it is not unique. The company will compensate the affected farms by a radioactive leak for losses from a ban to sell their products, according to the Financial Times, citing government sources. Edan statements about the Executive's intention that the power to "take responsibility" represent the first direct reference to a senior Japanese government official Tepco the obligation to compensate the victims of nuclear accidents.
Although Edan has stated that if the company is unable to adequately take these tradeoffs, "the government, by law, will take over." Radioactive particles detected in Iceland Several diplomatic sources have confirmed that Iceland had detected a tiny amounts of radioactive particles which could come from the Japanese nuclear plant.
Yet the same sources clarified that these small traces of iodine, which have been detected by a network of international monitoring stations have crossed the Pacific Ocean and reached the Atlantic through North America, are too insignificant to cause health damage people. The Organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Organization (CTBTO, for short), a UN agency based in Vienna warned of breaches of this treaty, has 63 stations around the world to see these particles, one of which is in Reykjavik.
These stations can pick up very small amounts of radioactive particles, in this case iodine isotopes. "Detect extremely small amounts," said a diplomat who works in Vienna, who added that these particles have been found do not pose "any risk to health." Cables connected The good news is that workers in Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the company that operates the plant, have been able to connect cables to the reactors 3 and 4, the only missing this morning after it could potentially lead to wiring 1 and prior to the units 2, 5 and 6, which may accelerate the task of cooling and avoid a partial fusion of their nuclei, which would mean a new release of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
But before you restore the electricity supply from external systems, it still must review all the equipment of the reactor to prevent any short circuit, as the Japanese network. The goal is to restore Tepco electrical systems in some key facilities such as equipment for measuring data and some functions of the control room in reactors 1 and 2 am and at 3 and 4 on Thursday, according to spokesman Nuclear Security Agency.
After the earthquake happened on 11, whose latest death toll stood at 9,080 while 13,561 people are missing, the cooling systems of reactors 1, 2 and 3 failed, and their nuclei are thought to have partially melted. Fire and operators have pumped large amounts of water in the pools of waste outside of reactors 3 and 4, which had lost its cooling function.
A cooling tasks have joined trucks equipped with hoses of 50 feet long for the release of water jet. It has also resorted to various private companies to pour the liquid from higher points. The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Banri Kaieda, above, on the other hand, it is too early to determine whether the work performed by emergency teams are on the right path, according to Kyodo.
The fuel shortage hampers aid distribution Meanwhile, the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami are felt in other parts of the country, affecting the distribution of aid among the affected. Airlines operating at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, responsible for managing international air traffic in the Japanese capital have begun, given the impossibility of filling the fuel tanks because of the shortage of oil that the country is now suffering, to derive its aircraft to other airports Nagoya or Osaka south as reports Georgina Higueras.
The problem, two of the three refineries were affected by the earthquake-extends to the distribution of food and aid to arrive by boat to the island, and can not be transported by road north of the country, where thousands of displaced barely survive in temporary shelters where water, food and no heating.
In order to alleviate the energy shortage, the Ministry of Commerce has released some oil reserves, keeping only those necessary to ensure 45 days of consumption. It is the second time I take this decision after last week decided to reduce from 70 to 67 days the amount of reserve requirements, freeing up a total of 1.26 million kl.
Before the disaster occurred in December, Japan had the necessary reserves to cover 113 days of demand, while the private sector storing the amount of 85 days. The fear of food contamination, which has spread to other countries, like South Korea, complicates the situation. The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the detection of radiation in foods such as milk and spinach, and water, recorded the last days is a problem "serious" and "more serious" than previously thought.
WHO said some of the food contaminated by the radioactivity released into the atmosphere have gone out of control zones and 20 and 30 km around the plant. Although the levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in food identified so far are not dangerous, according to the Government, Tokyo has banned four prefectures located around the central spinach send to other places and has banned the supply of milk from the province of Fukushima . 
Thanks to this new attempt to regain control was achieved in the wake of the nuclear facilities lighting, as announced some national media. Operators have been another step toward reviving the cooling systems of the plant to stop radiation and a constant source of light will help workers to arrange the instruments damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.
However, the situation is far from controlled. While the Minister of Industry, Banri Kaieda, acknowledged that progress in the wiring is good news, has warned that the situation remains "extremely difficult." The spokesman for the Nuclear Security Agency, Hidehiko Nishiyama, explained that if electrical power is restored, the status of the plant will be "visible", which allow authorities to check whether the current measures are sufficient.
Already been achieved in one room. But there is still much to be done. Although it has secured, according to Kyodo, which is unlikely to get worse and turn to produce a core meltdown. Nishiyama has told journalists that it is likely that increasing temperatures in a pool of nuclear waste on the verge of boiling, may have caused the steam from yesterday issued the reactor 2, and still comes in small amounts , according to the Associated Press.
However, since no smoke from the reactor 3. The official has warned that if the pool water evaporates and leaves exposed to nuclear waste could lead to new radioactive emissions. The company also reported that the damage to the reactors 1 and 2 by the sea water after the tsunami on day 11 are larger than initially believed.
Also concerned about possible contamination of the marine environment since the early days of the nuclear crisis, the operators used seawater in large quantities in a desperate attempt to cool the reactors, some of which turned the sea. The Japanese authorities have begun to measure the radiation on the coast of eight villages near the plant, for which they have sent a boat to take samples.
However, insist that the levels detected, although higher than normal, are safe, "even if you drink for a year," said government spokesman Yukio Edan. Meanwhile, Hideo Morimoto, the director of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, has assured that the establishment of sea water dissipates and does not pose a risk to other coastal countries.
Greenpeace criticizes IAEA Despite these positive reports, Greenpeace has criticized the IAEA for having omitted important facts about the accident at the plant. "According to research by Greenpeace, the IAEA has issued a hydrogen explosion in the spent fuel pool of the reactor 4 in Fukushima, which occurred last week, has said the environmental organization said in a statement released in Austria and Germany, which ensures also that the Atomic Industrial Forum Japan (Haifa) called this very serious explosion.
Criticism of Greenpeace has responded IAEA spokesman, Andrew Graham, who has complained about their share of the little information that comes from Japan, but has not hesitated to describe the STATUS as "very serious." "We have received confirmed information for some time regarding the integrity of the containment unit 1, so we are concerned to know their exact status," he said.
Radiation has also been detected at levels 430 times above normal, on the ground about 40 kilometers from the plant, as reported by the Ministry of Science yesterday after measurements. TEPCO vice president, Norio tsuzumi, traveled today to the Fukushima prefecture, where he has apologized in person to a shelter for evacuees in the city of Tamura, which houses about 800 residents of the town of Okuma, located about 10 kilometers of the plant.
Popular sentiment in the region is such that the governor of the prefecture, Yuhei Sato, has refused to meet with executives of the company. "Given the anxiety, anger and exasperation of the people of Fukushima, there is no way to accept his apology," he said. NHK has broadcast images of the director bowing to the evacuees as a sign of contrition.
The displaced tsuzumi have asked when can return to their homes, and have complained that they can no longer make a living on their farms. After the visit, the vice president of the company that runs the plant said he understands neighbors' requests, and the only thing you can do is continue their efforts to try to resolve the crisis.
But it is not unique. The company will compensate the affected farms by a radioactive leak for losses from a ban to sell their products, according to the Financial Times, citing government sources. Edan statements about the Executive's intention that the power to "take responsibility" represent the first direct reference to a senior Japanese government official Tepco the obligation to compensate the victims of nuclear accidents.
Although Edan has stated that if the company is unable to adequately take these tradeoffs, "the government, by law, will take over." Radioactive particles detected in Iceland Several diplomatic sources have confirmed that Iceland had detected a tiny amounts of radioactive particles which could come from the Japanese nuclear plant.
Yet the same sources clarified that these small traces of iodine, which have been detected by a network of international monitoring stations have crossed the Pacific Ocean and reached the Atlantic through North America, are too insignificant to cause health damage people. The Organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Organization (CTBTO, for short), a UN agency based in Vienna warned of breaches of this treaty, has 63 stations around the world to see these particles, one of which is in Reykjavik.
These stations can pick up very small amounts of radioactive particles, in this case iodine isotopes. "Detect extremely small amounts," said a diplomat who works in Vienna, who added that these particles have been found do not pose "any risk to health." Cables connected The good news is that workers in Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the company that operates the plant, have been able to connect cables to the reactors 3 and 4, the only missing this morning after it could potentially lead to wiring 1 and prior to the units 2, 5 and 6, which may accelerate the task of cooling and avoid a partial fusion of their nuclei, which would mean a new release of radioactive particles into the atmosphere.
But before you restore the electricity supply from external systems, it still must review all the equipment of the reactor to prevent any short circuit, as the Japanese network. The goal is to restore Tepco electrical systems in some key facilities such as equipment for measuring data and some functions of the control room in reactors 1 and 2 am and at 3 and 4 on Thursday, according to spokesman Nuclear Security Agency.
After the earthquake happened on 11, whose latest death toll stood at 9,080 while 13,561 people are missing, the cooling systems of reactors 1, 2 and 3 failed, and their nuclei are thought to have partially melted. Fire and operators have pumped large amounts of water in the pools of waste outside of reactors 3 and 4, which had lost its cooling function.
A cooling tasks have joined trucks equipped with hoses of 50 feet long for the release of water jet. It has also resorted to various private companies to pour the liquid from higher points. The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Banri Kaieda, above, on the other hand, it is too early to determine whether the work performed by emergency teams are on the right path, according to Kyodo.
The fuel shortage hampers aid distribution Meanwhile, the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami are felt in other parts of the country, affecting the distribution of aid among the affected. Airlines operating at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, responsible for managing international air traffic in the Japanese capital have begun, given the impossibility of filling the fuel tanks because of the shortage of oil that the country is now suffering, to derive its aircraft to other airports Nagoya or Osaka south as reports Georgina Higueras.
The problem, two of the three refineries were affected by the earthquake-extends to the distribution of food and aid to arrive by boat to the island, and can not be transported by road north of the country, where thousands of displaced barely survive in temporary shelters where water, food and no heating.
In order to alleviate the energy shortage, the Ministry of Commerce has released some oil reserves, keeping only those necessary to ensure 45 days of consumption. It is the second time I take this decision after last week decided to reduce from 70 to 67 days the amount of reserve requirements, freeing up a total of 1.26 million kl.
Before the disaster occurred in December, Japan had the necessary reserves to cover 113 days of demand, while the private sector storing the amount of 85 days. The fear of food contamination, which has spread to other countries, like South Korea, complicates the situation. The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the detection of radiation in foods such as milk and spinach, and water, recorded the last days is a problem "serious" and "more serious" than previously thought.
WHO said some of the food contaminated by the radioactivity released into the atmosphere have gone out of control zones and 20 and 30 km around the plant. Although the levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in food identified so far are not dangerous, according to the Government, Tokyo has banned four prefectures located around the central spinach send to other places and has banned the supply of milk from the province of Fukushima .
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