About 330 police officers wearing masks and suits searched the rubble, looking for victims of the tsunami on 11 March. Ten bodies have been recovered. The scene takes place near the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Thursday, April 14. First time since the earthquake in this zone of 10 km radius around the site, so far unexplored.
Indeed, after the nuclear disaster at the plant, authorities had evacuated the population inhabiting a belt of 20 km around, due to radioactive releases. On 3 April, police had conducted searches but only in the remote zone of 10-20 km. "It is difficult to estimate the number of people still missing in the region.
We must find them as quickly as possible," said a spokesman for the police. The bodies found could generate high levels of radioactivity, the police will then "wash before the autopsy and take them to the morgue," said the spokesman. The death toll should still increase. According to figures still provisional police, 13,349 people were killed by the earthquake and tsunami.
14 867 others are still missing. Meanwhile, workers at the operator Tokyo Electric Power always activated to pump thousands of tons of radioactive water seeped into the underground facilities and the central Fukushima. More than 400 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or more have been recorded since the quake of 11 March.
Already weakened by explosions and fires, the buildings of the plant could suffer further damage in case of strong shaking repeated, according to experts. The World Health Organization (WHO) said there was "no need for new public health measures in Japan, noting that risks to health" for a zone beyond the 40 km " the plant are no more "higher today than yesterday." 
Indeed, after the nuclear disaster at the plant, authorities had evacuated the population inhabiting a belt of 20 km around, due to radioactive releases. On 3 April, police had conducted searches but only in the remote zone of 10-20 km. "It is difficult to estimate the number of people still missing in the region.
We must find them as quickly as possible," said a spokesman for the police. The bodies found could generate high levels of radioactivity, the police will then "wash before the autopsy and take them to the morgue," said the spokesman. The death toll should still increase. According to figures still provisional police, 13,349 people were killed by the earthquake and tsunami.
14 867 others are still missing. Meanwhile, workers at the operator Tokyo Electric Power always activated to pump thousands of tons of radioactive water seeped into the underground facilities and the central Fukushima. More than 400 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or more have been recorded since the quake of 11 March.
Already weakened by explosions and fires, the buildings of the plant could suffer further damage in case of strong shaking repeated, according to experts. The World Health Organization (WHO) said there was "no need for new public health measures in Japan, noting that risks to health" for a zone beyond the 40 km " the plant are no more "higher today than yesterday."
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