japan the braces itself for blast at its tripping nuclear power plant has to all be out to kids in full swing skyrocketing fears of the nuclear meltdown the damage to cooling systems exactly what triggered mondays and tuesdays explosions. of course you claim radiation is reaching a dangerous levels near the planet's two hundred tells them already it's. nearly two thousand five hundred people dead so far and one of them please tells of a missing since by these mega quakes consequence let's listen in on. the

international community is offering a helping hand to japan but song say the devastation is proof that countries are simply are labels and deal with. the streets and it's. a very warm welcome to you this is a scene live from moscow i'm alice have those now out of the six reactors at the fukushima power plant the final two that have been all affected by the ongoing crisis there are now third in losing their commuting capabilities is this exact problem that's called all the blast sites so far following the devastating quake and tsunami also a pool of spent nuclear fuel at the station is said to have reached a boiling point fears of a nuclear meltdown have skyrocketed since the reactor explode. and began to tan has

reportedly now told the international atomic energy agency this is that it is releasing radioactive material into the air and in iraq happen the water to cool the reactor is an attempt to of a nuclear meltdown the lassies either bennett records from around two hundred kilometers from the station itself seems to be the whole car and seems is on edge because it seems like we could be on the verge of a nuclear catastrophe now there have been two explosions at the fukushima power plant today so far and falling at second when there are really serious fears of a major radiation leak now just recently the chief cabinet secretary for japan has been speaking to the press very frequently saying that the radiation levels around the plant have been dropping but following that second explosion they did peak at four hundred times the maximum level. one should be exposed to over the course of

a whole year now so widespread radiation contamination and radiation sickness levels seems the one really high for warning levels of seem to be around one million so hard that for now but it does seem like the radiation levels are decreasing however the number of foreign news crews i've spoken to today and a number of experts and foreigners living here think they don't believe what the japanese government is blaming general with the me. from those who live here and have been doing so for a number of years and what they're saying is they don't really trust the information they receive they think every reading through the lot reading between the lines and from what the primary. public address to people saying that they endorse that it's sort of a veiled by. get away if you can and a number of people even japan is increasingly yes that seems to have begun and all the foreign news crews i've spoken to headed for the exits i'm. actually now

a little bit further away from fukushima ted i'm heading towards the gutter on the west coast because i'm with a team from new zealand who are heading for the airport but all the flights out. it's ok and starker are actually booked up for the next two days so they're on on a waiting list for two days and it seems like all the other airports people try to leave town the streets. sendai this morning you can see the concern because they were queuing up for what shots are still still have food left ready to stockpile because they feel the radiation cloud could soon spread to that and they're just one hundred kilometers north of that still need to stay indoors for a long period of time if that radiation cloud does red. rock with this in that i think that that international question invested in kosovo believes people are now in grave danger of exposure. there is a serious risk of contamination at this point the contamination is probably limited

to difficult area near thora these are having to focus on the reactors whose temperatures are the highest and that may require the divertissement of coolant and cooling materials such as generator power and pumping power away from the other reactors if the level of coolant in the reactor pressure vessel falls below a certain level the tops of those rods will be exposed to the air there is a super heating of the air and any water vapor around them that causes oxidize ation essentially very rapid arresting him which produces hydrogen and that hydrogen is what as we have seen as caused the explosions in reactors the most immediate concern which has come to us in tokyo over the past twelve hours last night is that the amount of fuel available in the north that is gasoline and diesel

fuel and diesel fuel is one of the keys to resolving this situation easily generators which are pumping it's a mixture of seawater and boron that is more and more acid boron in the forecast it is a very good neutron absorbers so it's good at slowing the reaction down to sea water and boric acid is being pumped into these reactors and those pumps must continue working well the amount of water pressure required in this situation is extremely high because those reactor cores are so hot as the water hits them it turns very rapidly into steam and that steam has to be moved away from the reactor rods and more water out into its place so a constant stream of water has to be maintained. well higher than normal levels of radiation have been detected in the japanese capital good girl forces the missing there is an imminent risk to health and our correspondent is in tokyo. these.

would have been raised five knots effectively and are not presenting immediate danger to residents of the japanese capital of course at the same time you have to remember that the levels of radiation at around the problems are such that thousands of people have already been actually needed and tens of thousands have been told to keep their doors and windows shut and did not leave their homes so at some point there were parts of radio activity levels of just north of tokyo. that have about thirty three times the norm so that is the situation that we're looking at right now and of course the i.a.e.a. it's also saying that radiation levels are going to are going to. rise in the near future as the radiation reaches so we're keeping close watch armed or not we're going to have any further reaction from the japanese authorities

. and the. japanese kept me actually rise as well we also know that. more than one hundred thousand. have been released by i.a.e.a. and sent off to the areas affected most twenty five hundred people have been confirmed dead thousands are missing so the number is probably going to the number it's going to change in the next couple of days at this point of course the main concern is with the possible. nuclear meltdown and that is what everybody is keeping a close eye on but of course the the rescue efforts are still continuing there of course trees various countries helping japan in that regard there's not that many people out in the streets it's very very quiet it's almost a moral feeling you would imagine so can be a city bursting with lights and exceedingly there is hardly anybody out on the streets right now people that are out there all wearing face masks. also there have

been reports of also shortages of some of the police have been reported people are increasingly buying such things as well butter and based products and some other things have been securing office cells but again they're doing it in a very orderly fashion and where there's no panic or but it's running around screaming that's what we were hoping to see but still of course there is there is a very very bizarre feeling in the air i have to say obviously something is in the air so to speak and it starts radiation it's probably theory and prevention it's people are still waiting quite what's going to happen next well five days since the quake put japan's nuclear facilities on to carry a path and dr robert jacobs from the herat. that i spoke to and if the thought you ation is rapidly becoming a more dangerous. there's a sense that the radiation is spreading further and further from the site and being detected for example out to sea and then very very low levels in tokyo so the

implications are that the spread of radiation is increasing rather than being controlled and the implications about for japan are devastating of course on human health and human habitation and community used hopefully this will be contained so the very worst of this is localized and the side of science and there is no true danger to health or property you know far down when it certainly appears that we're not getting the full story in the sense that every day we're told that the situation is under control and that efforts are succeeding in reducing the risk but you have every day we see the situation getting further and further out of control. now russian families living in a safe proximity to japan are offering temporary foster care to children caught up in the only going quake disaster they say that the danger of a possible radioactive cloud reaching the area is minimal and the wind is expected

to blow towards the pacific ocean but despite that some tourists and foreign workers are said to be leaving the area. that in a good job one has more from the region less than one hundred kilometers north of japan. and margin says officials call this the crimean region haven't turned supplied checks for radiation levels here in the civilian region we talk to representatives of the ministry sometime ago they showed us a car which they quit with professional guide her meters which would measure radiation levels at different places around the city of the car will be raising the city of high use so the margin says ministry here assures that as of tuesday morning there is no increase in radiation levels that there is no cause for the residents to plan to move into it. in the worst case scenario locals can make. a home there's no threat to the health of the second people radiation readings are

at a normal level. meanwhile russia's defense ministry says that it is ready to send out its personnel from the coral islands any time soon this is the closest paws of this region to north japan and also sales of i already have rockets it in for mrs across the city obviously people want to make sure that they are well preplanned in case that there is a radioactive emission threat from what we know from what we know from people we've spoken to is that they believe the emergence is ministry of russian there reports about normal radiation levels is just that they are not quite sure whether the japanese are playing down the throughout the nuclear catastrophe or not planes heavey international apple or shelve usually because into the shadow of what we know there are no edition no lights a range of people here indeed are not new to natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes but with a nuclear threat in place it seems that they have to be prepared for the unknown.

and a lot depends on the wind it is very crucial so what people should be closely monitoring now is weather for cos it will take a radioactive cloud if there is an explosion inside the core of a nuclear reactor less than a day to reach the. part of russia. well the devastation in japan and the nuclear threat now posed are making countries around the world think again about how big create their energy experts in europe are seeking alternatives to avoid similar atomic crises before let's cross live to our cost down a bushel from brussels for us following all the latest developments from there danielle how is the year of responding to everything that's been happening in japan and what's the saying about the nuclear crisis. well the meeting here in brussels has been raised from expert level to ministerial level that means all twenty seven energy ministers have been invited here to brussels to really discuss the concerns

that are growing here across the european union because many countries here rely on nuclear power belgium france germany for example and when i report the international atomic energy agency based here in the e.u. the un's nuclear watchdog of course said that twenty percent of the world's nuclear reactors are in areas of seismic activity similar to that that happened in japan so that is a concern and also there are plants here in the ear opinion you're there are so-called boiling water reactors which is the same sort of nuclear plant that we see in fukushima as a result of the e.u. energy commissioner says we need an urgent rethink of european energy policy which was focused on diversifying away from russian gas dependence on russian gas but of course now opposition is growing fast and sharply to this push for nuclear power italy is an example of a big e.u.

country which is planning a huge nuclear plant building program from scratch and of course there is now growing opposition sixty thousand people are estimated to have gathered in germany nearer the sites of four nuclear reactors to express their opposition to that and stress tests are now going to be performed on the over one hundred nuclear power plants across the european union the reaction of many is hostile to nuclear policy now in the european union let me just quote you a portuguese state secretary for the environment as an example in light of the nuclear meltdown in japanese power plants member states need to reconsider their energy policy nuclear power is neither a safe option nor is it sustainable that gives you a feel of the of the mood of the energy ministers and other top officials here in brussels today like a daniel main packed theater european perspective on what's happening in japan are there speaking to. i was told more now about the possible

outcomes of the ongoing crisis in japan and speed better at least intel of these for us doctors and many kinds of being with us now we are getting reports that cooling systems after the fifth and six reactors that are plants are not working properly so is it only a matter of time before we can expect some more explosions. of course. it is very difficult to estimate the probability order chances of new explosions because this is really extremely look we. of course we know we're. extremely efforts to. sort of.

there we have this is on the other end on be on the second and only one here is on the second we use. all the time we face it's like a pendulum of good news and bad news that once we hear zip. codes you know we. find ourselves in situation of some hydrogen explosions and fires just in our. mint so it's a simple situation it's very very liquid it's very hard to estimate right now. we are. turning point. you know. radioactive materials heads succeeded or

a hair's been released from least we know least one or need two units in dying referring to. a recent really just a goal in a unit number four we know what is in this was the reason. and let's see increase. your previously radiation level talk your thoughts on the increase is not significant well so it's nine nine. grown. permissable goals but. it is not that. these are stories and we are turning point. one possibility is obvious as a good possibility of. years doctors don't you say that we're at a turning point in such a head now and so when this crisis is over let's say the worst case scenario happens you know how would they secure the plan will it have to be contained in

a sarcophagus like happened. will it be a no go area for years to come do you think. yes definitely yes a lot of. my predictions are you know it is very very. unlikely to have. a size of the chill nabila really do want to repeal really extremely high releases cleanly greeley's but you know even we are talking even if we're talking about one tenth of children or be in one tenth of a lot is still a lot. ten percent of a big of greeley's is still a big release so in this case in this case if worse comes to worse then the japanese will have to seriously consider measures very very

similar to the measures that we're taking in which means to put. them in cement in. a unit or in your building or something like this to prevent for as or contamination this is as far as the reactor building is concerned of course begin as your sip if they have a worse happens then we can expect in let's. ground can come in nation. maybe not this. size of the areas. which were tens of thousands or square canonicals but if they said before even if it's twenty or thirty percent or fifteen percent of this still in areas will be have to be supervised strictly supervised is supervised

before a you know we will it be for the japanese or will it be ugly culture. kerry kerry gold auri even be willing if you are talking in bold very close. to the probably unspoken security really. the us has already said many answers speaking to us on this topic. ok well russia has been pledging help and support to stricken japan sending crews of emergency workers in a dare the since the first earthquake triggered blasts occurred in as out of the house more on moscow's involvement. russia has sent a number of emergency ministry personnel to japan and they're working in a number of locations we know that a lot of them have already arrived in japan and have basically everything here with

them to be completely cut into it or at least to step everything up. into the substance basically yes sorry to tell you that i believe that assistance of. the survivors at least kept to something that has left moscow yesterday that's why they are heading that large. ship and those are south deal specifically with that radiation that septic areas so i don't know which is the street is expecting at least three people working in japan doing everything necessary everything in their power to give assistance where it may be needed as russia feels for first hand experience how difficult it is and how horrifying it is to deal with the aftermath of radiation.

accidents that ship the teacher at what hour was devastated of course and many mistakes have been gleaned from that experience having one very bitter lesson perhaps not everything is under human control as my colleague the exorcist can see if. it was a failed experiment that led to history's biggest nuclear disaster in april ninety nine to six the chernobyl reactor exploded as a result of the wrong individuals being in the wrong place at the wrong time. they had very poor knowledge of the physics of the reactor they knew the manual and want to push against it they knew nothing of the reactor physics and personnel drove the reactor into the street it was out of control while the authorities. clearly knew who to blame for the fall out even the soviet union stop scientists were at a loss as to what to do in the days the catastrophe unfolded the damage done to a nuclear power station as a remission free will this was something unseen before

a nuclear power station with flames and smoke over it was very good or of a century on history seems to be repeating in japan despite the or thora these claims there of having the situation under control the fukushima nuclear power plant has already seen explosions and that's despite advance to systems which the chernobyl reactor never had when you. read action was. completely for sea means. the reactors have. any this is very an exception. when it's only if the sea would be decent. but such a situation is unfolding in one of the world's most technologically advanced countries has heightened the sense of alarm internationally and some experts say

one should look into how the japanese have been dealing with nuclear physics to get clues as to their continuing difficulties in dealing with a disaster so the technology is the top. the society the government the regulators believe that the technology can be operated safely but there's a built in psychological complacency if you're operating something that's so inherently dangerous when you go to work every day do you keep thinking about how dangerous that technology that would be over time rather damaging psychological so in other words they convince themselves that they've mastered this technology and unfortunately with nuclear power there's no second chance the japanese nuclear drama is certainly not the first case of man's over reliance on technology it can be a dangerous friend and one mishandled can strike in disastrous fashion we have always seen this with these what they call technology elect disasters you remember last year there was a massive oil spill the gulf of mexico again you had

a very competent famous company that seemed to know what it was doing but they simply hadn't planned for the conjuncture conditions that would create a disaster so this is the human condition we simply able it seems to handle these technologies will probably not ready for them the nightmare that the chernobyl reactor became was eventually sealed off within the massive concrete sume called the surface the catastrophe provided valuable lessons in how to deal with a reactor disaster but also stern warnings about the dangers of nuclear energy what new lessons will be learned and what implications they will have for nuclear technology the world nervously waits to see the next erosion of skin. ok let's find out the economic impact of what's happening in japan now cross into the business desk with you.

hello and welcome to the business bulletin jim byrnes worst economic collapse since world war two has become a reality as it faces this crippling crisis initial estimates already put the country's losses at one hundred seventy billion dollars but some experts say the actual loss could be much more although the great fury bypass japan's industrial heartland the shock waves have been felt throughout the business sector power supply is critical in the country of firms like toshiba toyota nissan and had to stop production because with a lot of japan's fifty power stations out of action they are running out of energy carmakers should builders and technology companies worldwide are short of supplies after the disaster transportation is also traveling to port handling as much as seven percent of japan's industrial output sustained major damage would most likely to be out of operation for months and damage to oil refineries is having

a knock on effect with hughes warming at national parks. now let's have a look at how the asian markets are reacting to the situation in japan the massive sell off something to choke a stroke and she continued on tuesday as investors were trying to guess how badly japan's major companies could be hit the nikkei closed just down to eleven percent it's such a second slump in today's hong kong zone same truck close losses close in the session down week percent increased losses were compounded by japan's prime minister's statement that a substantial amount of radiation was leaking from the fukushima nuclear power plant. and as a sea of red in europe on the back of panic selling that swept across tokyo in the aftermath of another explosion at the troubled fukushima nuclear power. frank has doubts the slumping more than five percent of the fitzy is not part behind with a two point seven percent loss this hour and here in russia both the r.t.s.

in the minds of have been have begun tracking global losses after largely ignoring the chip these prices and monday energy shares are losing ground on decreasing oil prices let's now have a look at some individual share moves most banking shares are down those who are buying friend feed should be leading the fall both down the road three percent on my sets the trend just rules to nickel slightly are on the softer russian special holding mittal invest so the plans to buy shares in russia's largest nickel mining company. that's not the business bulletin join me in less than one asked for more business news. down here for sure t r we can use your body for one pod touch for me.