ROME - faint signs of hope in Fukushima. The situation in Central earthquake zone, provides the IAEA in Vienna, evolves "in the right direction." This is because attempts to restore power are, at least in part, succeeded. Of course, the emergency is far from over, and the experts themselves can not rule out a sudden and unexpected deterioration of the situation.
The reactors. In units 1, 2, 3 and 4, the situation has not worsened since yesterday, while the cooling systems of the storage tanks are back in operation in reactors 5 and 6. The breakthrough, reports the TEPCO, has matured after engineers managed to restart the pumps to ensure water supply to marine basins.
The satellites also show that the reactors 5 and 6 are returned to a near normal temperature and show no visible signs of serious damage and block 2 does not come out even more smoke: "It 's a good sign," commented the IAEA. But the manager Andrew Graham warned: "'It is not yet clear whether the water pumps have been damaged or if they will work when the electricity turned back on again." The TEPCO has also indicated that it will be difficult to restore the power on Sunday in the No.
2 reactor. VIDEO Carcasses reactor MAP The Wall Street Journal against TEPCO. The president of TEPCO has cried in public, sorry for the damage that is causing the radioactivity of 'his' central Fukushima Daichi. In fact, the Wall Street Journal, the company has''knowingly''slow action to cool the reactors to salvage the plant.
The use of sea water to lower the temperature of the reactor, in fact, reduces the risks of further explosions and radiation leaks, but it can damage the reactors in the long run making them completely useless. The Wall Street Journal reveals that''TEPCO had already thought the use of seawater for cooling one of its six reactors at least since last Saturday morning (after the earthquake and tsunami for success) but did not do so until the evening when he was ordered by the prime minister.'' Not only that:''They waited until tomorrow to use salt water on the other reactors.'' TEPCO''he hesitated because he tried to protect his assets,''he told the Journal Akiera Omoto, former head of TEPCO and current member of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission.
Workers contaminated. Six of the nuclear workers engaged in emergency operations have been subjected to an excessive level of radiation. It 'as reported by the Japanese agency Kyodo quoted a source in the company Tokyo Electric Power. The company states that the workers are continuing to work because they do not show obvious signs of infection.
Food and water. The discovery of traces of radioactivity in Tokyo and food - milk and spinach - contaminated by radiation releases from nuclear power increases the anxiety in the country and makes it even more difficult situation of the nearly 400 thousand displaced people stranded in devastated areas by the earthquake and tsunami.
The water sample tested positive contained 1.5 becquerels per kilogram of iodine 131, a percentage well below the limit of 300 bequerels fixed by law. The measurements of the air in Tokyo, do as well as by the Japanese authorities even by the IAEA and experts of the Italian embassy, they have found levels as "completely compatible with the background values." As for the food the Japanese authorities have confirmed the presence of radioactive iodine in food in the area of Fukishima and are considering whether to stop the sale of these genres from the site.
Emergency refugees. The refugees are grappling not only with radiation, with the lack of energy for heating and shortages of all basic necessities caused by impracticability of the roads made worse by the increasingly frequent rejection of the drivers to reach the areas most at risk, and temperatures that dropped to 5 degrees below zero.
"Those who could escape have already fled," said a woman Minamisoma, a town of 70 thousand inhabitants, 25 km from the plant, "those who remain are those who do not know where to go." A Sendai Fujisaki department stores have reopened, although many of the shelves are empty. "We hope to help restore calm and bring people back to a normal life, little by little," said an official.
The budget. Share reached nearly 20 000 counts of dead and missing. The national police agency has talked about 7.653 11.746 officially dead and missing, for a total of 19.399 people. but according to other sources, the victims would be more than fifteen thousand only in Miyagi Prefecture.
According to humanitarian organizations, the seriously injured are at least 2350. Doctors Without Borders reported that its volunteers at collection found among elderly chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. Were also reported cases of dehydration and hypothermia.
Save the Children said it had found "pockets of deep humanitarian crisis."
The reactors. In units 1, 2, 3 and 4, the situation has not worsened since yesterday, while the cooling systems of the storage tanks are back in operation in reactors 5 and 6. The breakthrough, reports the TEPCO, has matured after engineers managed to restart the pumps to ensure water supply to marine basins.
The satellites also show that the reactors 5 and 6 are returned to a near normal temperature and show no visible signs of serious damage and block 2 does not come out even more smoke: "It 's a good sign," commented the IAEA. But the manager Andrew Graham warned: "'It is not yet clear whether the water pumps have been damaged or if they will work when the electricity turned back on again." The TEPCO has also indicated that it will be difficult to restore the power on Sunday in the No.
2 reactor. VIDEO Carcasses reactor MAP The Wall Street Journal against TEPCO. The president of TEPCO has cried in public, sorry for the damage that is causing the radioactivity of 'his' central Fukushima Daichi. In fact, the Wall Street Journal, the company has''knowingly''slow action to cool the reactors to salvage the plant.
The use of sea water to lower the temperature of the reactor, in fact, reduces the risks of further explosions and radiation leaks, but it can damage the reactors in the long run making them completely useless. The Wall Street Journal reveals that''TEPCO had already thought the use of seawater for cooling one of its six reactors at least since last Saturday morning (after the earthquake and tsunami for success) but did not do so until the evening when he was ordered by the prime minister.'' Not only that:''They waited until tomorrow to use salt water on the other reactors.'' TEPCO''he hesitated because he tried to protect his assets,''he told the Journal Akiera Omoto, former head of TEPCO and current member of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission.
Workers contaminated. Six of the nuclear workers engaged in emergency operations have been subjected to an excessive level of radiation. It 'as reported by the Japanese agency Kyodo quoted a source in the company Tokyo Electric Power. The company states that the workers are continuing to work because they do not show obvious signs of infection.
Food and water. The discovery of traces of radioactivity in Tokyo and food - milk and spinach - contaminated by radiation releases from nuclear power increases the anxiety in the country and makes it even more difficult situation of the nearly 400 thousand displaced people stranded in devastated areas by the earthquake and tsunami.
The water sample tested positive contained 1.5 becquerels per kilogram of iodine 131, a percentage well below the limit of 300 bequerels fixed by law. The measurements of the air in Tokyo, do as well as by the Japanese authorities even by the IAEA and experts of the Italian embassy, they have found levels as "completely compatible with the background values." As for the food the Japanese authorities have confirmed the presence of radioactive iodine in food in the area of Fukishima and are considering whether to stop the sale of these genres from the site.
Emergency refugees. The refugees are grappling not only with radiation, with the lack of energy for heating and shortages of all basic necessities caused by impracticability of the roads made worse by the increasingly frequent rejection of the drivers to reach the areas most at risk, and temperatures that dropped to 5 degrees below zero.
"Those who could escape have already fled," said a woman Minamisoma, a town of 70 thousand inhabitants, 25 km from the plant, "those who remain are those who do not know where to go." A Sendai Fujisaki department stores have reopened, although many of the shelves are empty. "We hope to help restore calm and bring people back to a normal life, little by little," said an official.
The budget. Share reached nearly 20 000 counts of dead and missing. The national police agency has talked about 7.653 11.746 officially dead and missing, for a total of 19.399 people. but according to other sources, the victims would be more than fifteen thousand only in Miyagi Prefecture.
According to humanitarian organizations, the seriously injured are at least 2350. Doctors Without Borders reported that its volunteers at collection found among elderly chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. Were also reported cases of dehydration and hypothermia.
Save the Children said it had found "pockets of deep humanitarian crisis."
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