Fukushima, all the truth (and denials) of the Government, and TEPCO nuclear experts

A protester during an anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo More than a month after the earthquake and resulting tsunamis that caused the crisis - not yet returned - the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the actors of disaster management Nipponese are unable to d ' agreement. Not even with themselves and even the same day.

On 12 April, for example, the Japanese government raised the assessment of severity of the nuclear level 7, the same as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. According to the Japanese Prime Minister, however, Naoto Kan, "the situation is stabilizing in Fukushima step by step, radiation is decreasing." "The total amount of radioactive material released in the accident is 10% of that released in the case of Chernobyl," specify the Japanese Association of Industrial and Nuclear Safety (Nisa).

Japan, water leaks from Onagawa Four new deaths from the quake

Water leaks have been detected in the nuclear Onagawa (Miyagi prefecture) as a result of the earthquake yesterday (Read the report). He said that public television NHK, citing the operator Tohoku Electric, stated that there has been no change in radiation levels outside the plant. The loss of water would have been assessed at 8-9, mainly generated by the cooling tanks of spent fuel of reactors 1 and 2, then a potential of radioactivity.

Fukushima, the alarm continues nuclear, radioactivity beyond the limits of 30 km

Continues unabated nuclear emergency in Japan. After the earthquake and tsunami, are the drama of the displaced, to rebuild an economy and especially the emergence of the central Fukushima, who continues to release radioactive substances into the air and in seawater in front of the plant. Radioactivity detected not only in high water, but also in the nearest town and even those beyond the first ring of emergency, set at 30 km away from the plant.

Fukushima, New Sea radioiodine alarm evacuated reactor 2

Does not dim the nuclear alert in Japan. Evacuated the reactor 2 for the high radioactivity released. High radiation coming from the reactor core 3 Japan Agency for Atomic Safety does not mean to raise again the level of risk for the plant in Fukushima Daiichi, so that up to 6, "serious incident" (Chernobyl was classified at level 7 ).

This after some remarks made about areas near the plant. A very high level of radioactivity was detected for the first time in pulses from Tokyo, but not for sale. Much more serious is the situation at sea surveys have shown radiation levels 1250 times higher than normal. While continuing aftershocks, the number of victims has risen to over 27 thousand people dead or missing.

Tsunami in Japan, radiation alarm Explosion in central Fukushima

It 'very high alert atomic plant in Fukushima, northern Japan, where Japanese authorities believe that the reactor may have undergone a merger after the strong earthquake on Friday. This was announced by the local agency Kyodo. According to the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan has been detected near the plant's radioactive cesium.

The number of evacuees, meanwhile, rose to 210 thousand, in a radius of 20km from power. Parts of the nuclear fuel rods in the reactor number 1 were briefly exposed to the air this morning after cooling, the level of the water temperature fell to evaporation and a fire truck pumped water into the reactor.