if. you're watching reality news channel it's eight thirty pm saturday night here in moscow and kevin zero in on one story dominating the news again tonight fears now of a massive nuclear fallout after an explosion at the fukushima atomic power plant in prime directives roof collapsed continued for workers people within twenty kilometers from the plant being evacuated and probably the worst ever earthquake which triggered a devastating tsunami is that the desperate search for survivors things compounds in times of crime school smoke alarms are huge waves swept away villages and

submerged dozens of times. over seven hundred people are confirmed dead tonight but with prowse and still unaccounted for that number is sensible. dr robert jacobs is a research associate professor of nuclear history and culture of her achievement of peace institute he says the release of radiation into the atmosphere could lead to serious health problems worldwide. we look at this situation it's a very grim and dire situation unfolding and we hope that it can be resolved and that another resource in electricity and be brought to bear in order to get cooler water flowing and make sure that those reactor cores are cooled down the ground situation would be if if this has been a partial meltdown or a more serious meltdown that disney contained it only this one reactor is the worst case scenario would be that similar situations could happen at another reactor work two and in

a sense these reactors are much larger than the traditional reactors in terms of the amount of fuel or any amount of electricity that they generate so the potential for a larger release of radiation is there if the situation is not brought under control clearly any exposure to radiation at all is bad for the human body and bad for human health there's been warnings already on japanese television and in the region to take really take precautions to minimize exposure to radiation the people are now being told to stay in their homes rather than to evacuate which would be an indicator of the presence of radiation in the atmosphere but it's not a simple matter to keep radiation outside of the house although it will minimize exposures so the people in those areas and the people in the downwind areas are certainly in significant risk having exposures that could lead to health problems depending on the size of the of the releases and the amount of radiation that enters the atmosphere the nearby atmosphere there's

a possibility the areas around the plants could be left. could be left and much like the area around turmoil as areas that wouldn't be lit and it wouldn't be ensured that a worst case scenario if that's the case to contain that area into a smaller area as possible his goal so people there people in those areas should follow the guidance of the government officials but nation can only take steps to minimize their exposures in any way. if there's a significant release radiation into the atmosphere that can easily go into the upper atmosphere and then spread. in the upper atmosphere around the globe but this is a worst case scenario and there's no guarantee that anything like that would happen but that is what could happen is what happened in chernobyl there was radioactive particles coming down it rained in in areas in north america and certainly throughout europe and asia immediately after the chernobyl disaster because people

today with the very latest coming out of japan tonight next though on our team and telling overcovered interview is the head of the russian institute of space device engineering he asked the tech designer how russian the satellites could be used to help predict earthquakes like the bombing to seen in japan. no you we thank you for your time and the light of recent events in japan i can't help but ask are there any reliable systems that can forecast earth quakes. i think we should divide this problem into two parts first are there reliable earthquake prediction systems i regret to say there is no way to predict with a high degree of accuracy say ninety percent peak currents of earthquakes in this part of the world this is why we say that the problem is being studied by many establishments in many countries including this country and in my institute but the problem is yet to be solved secondly there is the issue of warning if we speak

about certain consequences of an earthquake like tsunamis huge oceanic way the rules towards a country's coast here we have some timeline and unlike hundreds and thousands of years ago when we were unable to forecast or predict or war and now we have modern equipment that lets us do that if we see a wave rise up in the ocean we can warn coast guard services to take certain measures properly speaking between three and five percent of country's g.d.p. is lost every year in the wake of various cataclysms including major natural calamities of course the entire world community primarily the scientific and technological communities are working to have forecasting warning capabilities and when these cataclysms happen i mean the ones we are unable to start today like earthquakes hurricanes and other natural calamities which are linked for example to outer space influences like solar storms or the falling asteroids we can only forecast them with some or other degree of accuracy and try to issue

a warning in order to minimize the consequences. you mentioned a time lag how big is the lag what is the minimum and maximum time governments have to evacuate as many people as possible. and they do as of today there is absolutely no way to predict an earthquake in a particular place therefore we have only a probability prediction involving complex research of many quake precursors. in particular in two thousand and six we completed our internal research we offered it to the russian security council and got a support and then we set up a network of monitoring stations on stock owing among other things we monitored some earthquake precursors including ionosphere disturbances in two thousand and seven several hours before quake and neville sc unfortunately it was only one of the precursors in order to reach better probability say seventy percent we must examine several different precursors cloud patterns in many other things including the behavior of domestic animals such programmes are being worked out all over the world including those we're developing in particular we continued our work followed

in instruction by the russian security council in two thousand and six since then we've been working following our own initiative which is also partially financed by the russian space agency as a result we've established a network of stations in the russian far east to monitor the eye on a sphere and predict earthquakes in particular this devastating earthquake in japan which we're now witnessing was peaking already as the foreshocks had begun on the eighth of march with magnitudes of seven point two so we see the shocks following one another all of them with magnitudes greater than five the latest one being nearly nine this is indeed a disaster however we can say that seven hours prior to the quake in tokyo we could see the precursor a change in a disturbance concentration the eye on us here over japan but we could not tell exactly when it was going to happen either in seven hours as it did or in an hour or in three days. how are you planning to. get to the satellite forecasts how long before it works. at this point we're using

a grant we want to europe and by we i mean the cooperation of several institutes which we hope will let us have a comprehensive picture of earthquake precursors which we can process with our many detectors after which will be able to predict more reliably so far this task has not been solved anywhere in the world either in terms of technicality or technology we're cooperate. with several countries the experience the russian federation in the former sort of a union of gain should be used by the international community so we're working with a grant from europe i think that after these disasters japan will be interested in uniting our common effort in forecasting such disasters as well as the design engineer of le nothing can you put it into simple words for us how does it work with an. example we monitor for satellites that fly over places and question the signals from the satellites we analyze the signal delays was less attacked how long it was the late in the eye on a sphere which then lets us forecast the extent of its disturbance the correlation

is very clear unfortunately we can't yet predict when more or fewer shocks will occur and what their magnitude will be the second question concerns precursors of such follow problems as tsunamis the relevant systems are more or less work down it all started during the peak of the cold war at that time scientists needed to convince politicians that the united rescue system was needed as a result of the usa in the soviet union later joined by canada and france made an international rescue system in outer space because. this system is save more than thirty thousand lives the first instance being in one thousand eighty two when the soviet union one of the unspoken competition to be the first to launch a rescue satellite and save human lives the first rescued were canadian ambulance aircraft pilots who were trying to find an aircraft in british columbia that it crashed and could not be found the father of a pilot had died in the crash hired a small private aircraft which also crashed but luckily had beacons of the first soviet rescue satellite intact it was what are the advantages of the system you are

developing in comparison to its competitors was named i would not mention advantages although it's clear that our system gives a very accurate picture as i mention in the two cases of earthquakes and if you also in the recent one in japan this korea let us work with a complex approach while we are monitoring only one predictor i honest fear disturbance the ground will let us monitor many. cursors as to why the european community chose us perhaps they were convinced that the work we'd already done meets the highest demands of european science. and according to a asked mates can we expect quakes in the region and what direction would it's not me had. indeed it's very hard to predict the series of quakes we've been monitoring with magnitudes ranging from seven to nine and all more than five tells us about the very serious process is taking place in earth's crust and this series of quakes me repeat over a rather long period of time it's been more than twenty four hours already and it's

impossible to predict when they will start even through the precursors we're watching while we can predict the beginning of the process we can't even predict it said and even theoretically. thank you for sharing your thoughts thank you. our hero. we hear it because our country out spits up the god promised them the cylinder long stops.

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fifteen power rebels that means. i'll be back. in fifteen minutes time. thanks kevin and indeed thanks for joining us this is sports today i'm you know i mean let's take a look at some of the stories we're casting cry over. and we're off the longest ever football season kicked off with a scoreless draw done saw it. on f.c. cross the first teams an option there's. no go the national football league begins its lockhart's so when the united states the team owners feel true reach agreement with the players union. on tiger troubles the former

world number one finds the going tough as current incumbent martin climber stays well in contention for the capital a championship and. the historic twenty eleven russian premier league season has kicked off with a goalless draw crusted are still shaking off the rust as they opened the extended campaign where games will be played through the winter until may next year and i did start for newly promoted thrust to target so the russian i figure ending up going to wait near leaders on the same. chances to control between the number stadium with the best opportunities for both sides not coming until the last few moments the three kids coming up from new brazilian signing the legendary robert the carlists. trust shot stopper. meanwhile have won their first game of the new season the side who normally start

in europe in for full last season beeton troll. one nil first story of the season is also just wrapped up a lot of community flaming the early bragging rights in moscow beating. three. over in england the biggest f.a. cup clash of the year to date has gotten underway months chesty not at an arsenal going head to head for a spot in the competition semifinals with or rather how far on the clock it is the home side the lead one nil the old trafford game bringing together the two most successful sides in f.a. cup history united live one a record titles well the gunners are just one crown before that's pulled to became the first side to reach the final four following a real thriller with birmingham a last minute goal from showing the only getting all the difference in the free to do it. right let's leave football move to golf one hundred one hundred means the

nonsuch catch up the halfway stage of the cadillac championship taking place in florida the american carving a superb sixty four after completing the suspended opening round earlier in the day he went on to shoot a well balanced one under seventy one for an overall nine longer score francesco molinari on world number one market timer like just strokes behind the german controversial new sides of pressure during a bogey free second run which included this part for birdie in the year. the royal he's also there are boys just two shots off the pace the northern irishman doing well in windy conditions finishing at sixty nine six time winner tiger woods lies outside the top thirty after having a disappointing seventy four to his opening round of seventy. all right let's move over to the continental hockey league playoffs were both visiting teams on the night blocking. headwinds in their conference semifinals in lafayette you know my

reader who said lot of new teeth in game three of their series on amazing old clash this locking with chief finding that eight times no less scoring for themselves series no moving two games to one in favor of local meanwhile are plants welcome scott in the moscow region. good news for the rude side in this one as well three mil this war to the same petersburg men meaning be also take it to warn lead in the best of seven much sooner. all right russian basketball received a timely boost last week when david block agreed to stay on as head coach of the national team richard vaughan port fleet caught up at russia's main man who as ever was as candid in front of the camera. this season hasn't been a kind one for russian basketball but the country's representatives in the year leave sask on him key part of the first hurdle this was pretty surprising to be under men have been one of the continent has served the last few years of black

billy's bay have been unlucky from the standpoint of cisco is just amazing the amount of injuries and and physical difficulties that they've had this year i don't know how you. how you can combat that how you can fight against that you know the lose the main players that they have that they've missed throughout the whole year particularly i'm talking about victor crop and you know who are to my guys from the national team you know it's just difficult to replace those guys the other hand you've got to recognize the cesco was an eight final fours in a row something that's never been done i don't know if it ever will be done and you get to maybe give them a break. however there have been a few plus points the russian league is one of the twenty's to get paid in yeas and looks like say it's cause eight you don't mince maybe finally challenge this season as is seen a reduction in the number of foreign players plying their trade in the country which is certainly good news for brushes head coach but one thing about the league this year in russia is that there's less foreigners and it was less emphasis on the

foreigners so more russian players are getting minutes and time to show themselves and and improving and for me as the russian national coach that's a good thing. however some old problems still remain point god being the key one jail holding this field russia's present position with distinction for a number of years the pittsburgh native is now thirty four and can't be relied on for much longer and black believes it's up to the country's coaches to try and find a solution to this problem point guard position is the most problematic position in russia and has been for many years. and this is something that needs to be not only discussed what needs to be addressed from the teaching educational standpoint first at the lowest levels and that has. work up into the higher levels in order to improve the likes of detroit's told them so i'm going to show off a family trying to provide a solution of going beyond how other than no one needs to be in the same class something like hold and literally in the life dimitris de'monte to so ricky rubio

consonance touchstones in opposition and beverly's a country still has some way to go to that can produce play as a base comment about some interesting theories on this by the way why there are not natural point guards in russia and some of them are. educational and some of them are. cultural some of them are geographical when just to give you a small example you know well handling and freedom of play usually is developed on the playgrounds and how many people are playing outside in the playgrounds in minus twenty five degrees so you know that's a geographical reason it's very difficult to find kids who are just out there playing with a bowl and playing free and developing the kind of imagination and openness for the game that you find when working in warm weather countries were guys just out in the streets playing all the time you know it seems like a little thing but it's a big thing that maybe one of the reasons we don't see a lot of natural point carson is going to lean years russian basketball and that

will continue to have to make to get a few resources he has a disposal well it's unlikely the american israeli will find a cure for his problem position at the upcoming european championships in a few waning meaning his ongoing search would continue which i've been told we don't see. ok let's stay with possible move to the n.b.a. were boston's big three were done in size in philadelphia as the sixers beat the eastern conference leading celtics at home reality paul pierce on kevin garnett combining for just thirty points in a close eighty nine eighty six rutan waltz garnett setting the defense attorney early in this one soaring to reject it to the meat shot in the first quarter lost in the seem to lose the spring in their step down the stretch rage on rondo missing and allowing his conscious portraiture holidays make it fifty eight forty nine down the other. here. on a tough old fourth quarter seeing the celtics missed

a treat baskets in the six minutes on philly taking it by three points in the city of brotherly regional. elsewhere in new jersey came back from twenty points down to force overtime and then beat the visiting los angeles clippers mikaela crawford own team left to celebrate a fourth straight win after the nets biggest comeback in two years toronto's soft indiana fall short of pete portland to recruit is continuing his strong bid for the m.v.p. award meanwhile scoring thirty four points in chicago writes of the hawks four games kevin love continues to show his affection for double doubles the twenty two year old extending his run of double figures point on three point totals to fifty three straight games that's quite a record in victory over you russell westbrook also doubling up his thirteen points eleven assists solving the thunder troy to the top ranking team in the league meanwhile got to witness some lie bots flying around their home reno no less

causing a delay in the clash with the king's son though surviving the scare to take the win by five six. now america's most popular sport meanwhile has started. the n.f.l. and its players union feeling to agree on how to divide over nine billion dollars of its profits now the union has been this search. thus clearing the way for a player's lawsuits the fate of the twenty eleven season will now be decided through the courts as you know the union walked away from the mediation process today to sort of but. we do believe that mediation is the clearest and fastest way to reach an agreement that works for the players for the clubs and we believe alternately this is going to be negotiated have to negotiate a table chosen to pursue another strategy and that is their choice but we will be prepared to negotiate a remake it is clear to the players through the clubs. just fine it's

a rugby union where the shock of the season six nations championship occurred today it's repeating france for the first time in their history the scenes close and credible in the challenge overcame a twelve point deficit with pathan are to go to claim the real thing when of the advanced merkel doing everything rice with his boots much to the home side of the likes elsewhere it's a title game in cardiff brian o'driscoll try well it's making all the difference art and thirty nine at this stage try telling the individual record of twenty four from the screen in the international challenge. and that is all your sport. we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

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