Despite all efforts by the engineers of the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima Dai-Ichi, contaminated water continued, Monday, April 4, to spread into the Pacific Ocean due to a leak of reactor No. 2 as demonstrated by leak tests performed on site using dyes. The announcement comes after several attempts, during the weekend to seal the crack discovered Saturday in a concrete pit of the reactor, using mixtures of sawdust, newspapers, polymers and cement.
"We hoped that the polymers would function as absorbents, but they have yet to produce any visible effect" and do not prevent water from flowing, lamented Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director general of the Japan security Nuclear and Industrial. The Japanese news agency Jiji has also announced Monday that in addition to the leak, the operator of the plant in Fukushima, the operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), was discharged into the sea 11 500 tonnes 'radioactive water that has accumulated in rugged installations by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
A spokesman for the company TEPCO said that "some 10 000 tonnes of water stored in tanks and 1,500 tons currently in the reactors 5 and 6" will be discharged into the Pacific Ocean: a "security measure" as the government spokesman, Yukio Edano, who stressed that it was a slightly radioactive water.
TEPCO has, however, that this liquid was over a hundred times the permitted levels of radioactivity. The company TEPCO has finally indicated that at least four of the six slices of the plant would be decommissioned once the current crisis resolved, which could take several years or even decades.
"We're not out of the emergency, but it is almost stabilized. The main concern of the Japanese is to know when the leak of radioactive substances will stop," said Sunday Goshi Hosono, with the Prime Minister Japan, Naoto Kan. "How long will it take?" I think the deadline could be set several months, "he added.
Very unpopular even before the disaster, the head of government, Naoto Kan, who visited for the first time Saturday in the devastated area, was severely blamed for his discretion in managing the nuclear crisis and the situation humanitarian, three weeks after the disaster that plunged Japan into a crisis unprecedented since the Second World War.
According to latest reports, the earthquake and tsunami tidal wave of 11 March made nearly 28,000 dead or missing. More than 163 000 victims are still housed in temporary structures, and Tokyo has estimated the cost of the disaster between 190 and 298 billion dollars. Dropped to 24% in favor, the popularity of Naoto Kan, however, has now recovered thereafter to reach 31%, according to a poll conducted for the Daily Yomiuri.
Nearly 70% of respondents consider that it is still not up to its responsibility and 19% demand his resignation, while two-thirds of Japanese say they also favor the formation of a unity government National. The Democratic Party, which resulted Naoto Kan, said he initiated discussions with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the main opposition movement, the purpose of forming such a coalition government.
But there is no indication that an agreement was in sight. Business leaders in the manufacturing sector are also pessimistic regarding business trends for the next three months, according to the Tankan, the Bank of Japan. The decline in the quarterly index is less important than some analysts had feared.
The nuclear crisis may also lead to a revision of targets in Tokyo in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, warned the deputy environment minister, Hideki Minamikawa. "It is true that our goal could be affected significantly," he told the Yomiuri. 
"We hoped that the polymers would function as absorbents, but they have yet to produce any visible effect" and do not prevent water from flowing, lamented Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director general of the Japan security Nuclear and Industrial. The Japanese news agency Jiji has also announced Monday that in addition to the leak, the operator of the plant in Fukushima, the operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), was discharged into the sea 11 500 tonnes 'radioactive water that has accumulated in rugged installations by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March.
A spokesman for the company TEPCO said that "some 10 000 tonnes of water stored in tanks and 1,500 tons currently in the reactors 5 and 6" will be discharged into the Pacific Ocean: a "security measure" as the government spokesman, Yukio Edano, who stressed that it was a slightly radioactive water.
TEPCO has, however, that this liquid was over a hundred times the permitted levels of radioactivity. The company TEPCO has finally indicated that at least four of the six slices of the plant would be decommissioned once the current crisis resolved, which could take several years or even decades.
"We're not out of the emergency, but it is almost stabilized. The main concern of the Japanese is to know when the leak of radioactive substances will stop," said Sunday Goshi Hosono, with the Prime Minister Japan, Naoto Kan. "How long will it take?" I think the deadline could be set several months, "he added.
Very unpopular even before the disaster, the head of government, Naoto Kan, who visited for the first time Saturday in the devastated area, was severely blamed for his discretion in managing the nuclear crisis and the situation humanitarian, three weeks after the disaster that plunged Japan into a crisis unprecedented since the Second World War.
According to latest reports, the earthquake and tsunami tidal wave of 11 March made nearly 28,000 dead or missing. More than 163 000 victims are still housed in temporary structures, and Tokyo has estimated the cost of the disaster between 190 and 298 billion dollars. Dropped to 24% in favor, the popularity of Naoto Kan, however, has now recovered thereafter to reach 31%, according to a poll conducted for the Daily Yomiuri.
Nearly 70% of respondents consider that it is still not up to its responsibility and 19% demand his resignation, while two-thirds of Japanese say they also favor the formation of a unity government National. The Democratic Party, which resulted Naoto Kan, said he initiated discussions with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the main opposition movement, the purpose of forming such a coalition government.
But there is no indication that an agreement was in sight. Business leaders in the manufacturing sector are also pessimistic regarding business trends for the next three months, according to the Tankan, the Bank of Japan. The decline in the quarterly index is less important than some analysts had feared.
The nuclear crisis may also lead to a revision of targets in Tokyo in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, warned the deputy environment minister, Hideki Minamikawa. "It is true that our goal could be affected significantly," he told the Yomiuri.
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