this is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. it's now a fact that a pm here in the russian capital you with r.t. now looks a bit situation critical in all six reactors japan's stricken nuclear power plant and cooling systems are failing and threats of a nuclear meltdown rising to the highest level since the explosions began at the facility the japanese officials are confirming radioactive materials have leaked into the atmosphere and the radiation level currently exceeds the acceptable norm. the death toll from friday's

a devastating earthquake and tsunami climbs over three thousand with almost two thousand injured and some of six thousand people believed to be missing. and in a russian regions close to japan residents and emergency services are on high alert despite officials claiming that there is no current radioactive danger meanwhile moscow's boosting its humanitarian aid and energy supplies to japan on increasing the number of rescue workers and it disaster struck as. well coming up next it's our spotlight show we'll be discussing the catastrophe in japan with the head of the scientific seismological council that the russian academy of sciences.

hello again of the welcome truth squad like the interview show on our feet i'm now going out and today we'll be talking about the earthquake in japan one of the worst disasters in japan says three has left thousands that is millions without basic utilities the humanitarian catastrophe could be accompanied by severe ecological problems two explosions had a nuclear plant of course fears of a radiation leak but may there still be another play any time soon and here's the president of the scientific face the logical council at the russian academy of sciences. last week japan was hit by a maggot quake that was followed by giants and the wave left central japan's infrastructure and economy badly crippled but the biggest danger is now coming from

the northeast of the country where there have been a number of explosions at a damaged nuclear power plant people now if you're a possible nuclear meltdown bring radioactive contamination. please. our professor welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well a your institute predicted a huge earthquake in japan well that prediction wasn't unique was it something that only you predicted or it was no secret for the rest of the world. no it's not a secret from the world there are several years to go on in our institute every phone to say snake noice it's means lake say to me but i think of the earth to change it dependent of their. stresses will be accommodated in the interior so we try to do this method you know institute to estimate them to

a future earthquake in really one of our colleagues and publish their papers and presented report into a nice. society in nine or eight. no not the ninety two thousand and eight and god. future possible because we can supplant in. two thousand and four of all three interpreting was also one cause of this magnitude eight point two and we predicted this is only for shock and more strong although it's probably published in the russian paper in english you predicted that many years ago but today klyn scientists predict not only that there will be and where he goes where and when it will happen and how precise can this forecast the have to days months or maybe hours piers is we speak about critical

use and of earthquakes at least mention two steps first step is so called medium term prediction it's mean that. people try to predict police magnitude in play by name only you don't want one from one per one here five years and then it's prediction still is going on very well about seventy percent success but time with one year two years. when service next step should be instructive prediction if not religion means for some days at least two made up of ekes by this problem because. on difficulties because not me not only we are all of the world also small just because real ability or control probability of success is for law it's mean maybe one from five alarms will be successful addiction or

thought for this will fall. a long terms are more precise. more or less so it's time to go is that you or do i get it right if you guys say if your is if you say there will be an earthquake in that. him it means that it will happen but nobody knows where the subway. strike it's not immediately however i thought mention that in such a case or doesn't exist a prison. japan earthquake or some players we were very good circumstances where because two days before as a thief prince of rocks more than it shocks it killed nearly a simple futurist creek and it's not unique situation in ours the story also recovered at least. two such cases when sickness or earthquakes because for folks before my instructor and so i think there's a chance existed in the british but maybe it's not really used in the age of

computer technology they're quite production still remains a challenge as we hear now spotlights in the energy me there has more. every year to write least a dozen high magnitude than squeaks around the world the indian ocean and in two thousand and four was the tsunami which killed over two hundred thirty thousand people in fourteen countries there were several hours between the quake and the tsunami he did some countries so theoretically the number killed could help being last but at the time the area was not covered by detection and communication systems which could predict the disaster it will predict an earthquake is a much bigger challenge than predicting it's full up a tsunami after their release each year on earth quake in two thousand and eight several chinese geologists claimed they had predicted the disaster the chaney's authorities did not support the coleen's

a green earthquake prediction was the world's problem the haiti earthquake which killed more than three hundred thousand people was not a surprise to some of the world's a small exists several jew logical groups had been keeping an eye. on the region for a possible disaster. the signs predict a specific day or month of a way to plants probably technically best prepared for preventing disasters japanese scientists had no known before the quake would happen when on the ninth of march the country was heaped by a sudden magnitude earthquake these three g. spot that was it however two days later japan was struck by the deadliest quake in its history. is it true what we just showed that there is pretty sharp said couple of small sharks may have been taken by the public as the quake

and they didn't expect the big one. i mentioned already was a sequence or smaller ones in the forty's and it was quick and their public feels this is it or not we're just small rocks that everybody can feel they have them the problem is of it is what is probability of it will follow big events this is a problem and i don't know into print case the how people reacted of these shocks i believe they will disturb it of course but what. could be some official. the collaboration. or not it depends from the country for social. environment from the economic reasons so i don't envy aftershocks that you've mentioned the shots how long may they happen after the main after the

main event means i mean after mines are there. some and pass the truck no more it was years three years at least here diseases and how strongly they be and they're in this place exactly in this place through conduct expect with the same force but near this epicenter maybe of three hundred kilometers five and kilometers and the end of this zone could be another earthquake approximately the same because because this one of those nine rated nine on the richter scale is not right here is the rate. then eleven percent in the cost of japan was about nine so we can expect notice it but not of the same place wasn't if it was ten or eleven if it was nine undercurrents where people lived isn't it a miracle that only a thousand people died because we're three hundred thousand people can die hundred

tens of thousands in here populated areas a nearly one thousand is it because the japanese are on the alert isn't because they're organized people is because the construction is meant to withstand the quakes what's the reason they're only thousand people casualties but i should mention a couple of reasons and may be more cost one of course is good construction of buildings most of buildings this place i'm sure was built to keep an eye on and the second one people who were it where it both future is going every day and every team. discuss what's going on where is it was created so people know where they live and be prepared to run away is possible and but specialist quakes thousand police fatalities should be. how much aus and thousands you. so the number is there that we had the first couple days that it's around the

thousand will will be grossing you i think so because not everybody still discovered. this in russia also has territories situated in the so-called ring of fire near the sun highly in the area of the child area are their forecasts saying they're predicting a. serious earthquake on russian soil yes yes first of all in. polish not just main city or country we expect course creates this intensity boat eight from one to five years up to now and what russian government. locators of france improves the beauty of this work is we're not in our. second place we're expecting has created a future. islands nearer to penn. and teller to morrow because a scientific meeting to discuss this prediction. please now to please us expect

those creators of future. president of this scientific space module conference at the russian academy of science to stop life will continue after we take a short break. for the same to do so stay where you want to go. yes my name is daniel smith this is joining us on the british will make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first step in the fourth grade is to get information out about the real world. through him

war on longer. history through the figures are going to be a good marker for. the five difficult and most losses and danger you would hunt me down and kill. this is exactly one of the reasons why we left the culture because it has become more about this all james. than all the actual information. but thank you. so all the big book around the wold. me. if. me he says. he. immediately.

says. thank. you. welcome back to spotlight i'm al gore and often just a reminder that my guest here in the studio today is given a disability president of the scientific say cynical counsel at the russian academy of sciences and we're also we're also joined by i'll be off from tokyo japan

hello can you can you hear us ok yeah i can hear you. what's the situation right now in japan are people still afraid we're just talking with professor about the possible aftermath of aftershocks how people are afraid of are the aftershocks . very much i think very much you know actually i'm staying in talk your. talk of the situation is quite different from all those areas. which well. but even talk to you feel no because you see the tea shops are almost unfortunately and the reason the result. problems which is an edgy. you're not really feel comfortable you know professor subtle have said that that

despite the figures that we're having today they're probably in a couple of days or maybe a week or so the number of casualties will be much more it may be it may be no hundreds but rather thousands what or what are the speculations that in japan how many casualties are people expecting. japanese do experiments everything anything for anything it's basically you live in japan. anything can happen to you from nature. but the biggest problem people are worried about is the second. the second time hits talk you're. they are everybody but these two may be hard and in few days unfortunately it is supposed to be solved or the last blow which means closer to one torpedo or more and more damage i believe

a bounce why we saw people running water lots of problems just because nobody knows what it's going to be. after the second hit doesn't look like panic or people just being cautious you know people are nervous and cautious but the reason all. people try to be cold and another question i have is a people rush hour are saying that after after the blast some of this power of the nuclear power station japan is entering a period of what they call the chill novel syndrome people say we don't want any more power stations lead get rid of of nuclear power stations is there are people in japan having this chair novel syndrome. as far as i can say today no. the problem is of comparing to russia or ukraine japan does not

really have a big territory which is good for anything to good to be built up there for the reason all space to say well let's start our nuclear power plants and built up something else or get energy from somewhere there's some other sources i think people will stay patient and just understand understand the situation. ok thank you thank you very much albert and you take care down there and reminded to our view is that this was al very exact idea of joining us via skype from tokyo japan with his latest comments on the developments in japan and they're just sort of mind of it here in the studio we have prefer sort of the sub live professor what would you say was it was just discussing this power nuclear power station blast was it a wise thing to to to build a nuclear power station in such say small logically active areas. first of

all i should mention i am glad to hear from this that our journey's friend. nor clinics exist now in a better plan there's more talking about before they are organized the chirp unease they are all over an already marginalized and also the custom to leave. countries in really good education for us from school and so on it's very pleasant about nuclear stations is the plan from economical situation i think the pennies people will still continue to build public stations but the problem with where what police to troops what a safe place and i was in when i was in the ins are printed in two or three. two thousand and three discussion was about where it wiil new at one station in japan and he also critically for discuss how to choose the police so i think of this

ultimate station construction to become clean in japan things are ok now what i would likely hear. was going in russia you said that there are there are risks in certain areas of russia. that there may be in the probably will be earthquakes are we using any technologies similar to japanese technologies in building construction organization there that will that will prevent high casualties if it happens. it is going on slowly the problem the problem the funds the money it's really expensive each building will keep their intensity nine miesha several times more. good it all concrete quality of another and also some dumping. into the basement of building so what so it's pretty expensive several time more expensive than usual building these are the main problem because if. this sort of you put

a lot of money to build that you've got. but we have no choice in nine hundred ninety five the new earthquake in subtly and destroyed the city of nifty goes into a destroyed prattled. practically totally now that was sixteen years ago is the situation it's improving slowly but that isn't any better now than it was sixteen years ago. yes excuse me a little bit mistake but all buildings will who was distraught in the. not know all you once treat with the same can construct with buildings and buildings with a certain amount this was not destroyed at all because they were consolidation i remember the picture like a picture of the whole city to the ground cities. of course one street was destroyed completely it was very poor construction and very poor if not cement

we instead of bricks that we have some concrete blocks and so one result cement and first sit on their own equip map of how old because they could be very poor and. people cannot expect and ever people who build to build and have no expects a strong core spirit after this new. appeared. to develop physically and certainly increase their. quality of bill and ever so every prediction community know iraq and so especially you to look around when people watch television these days first in russia they say that something wrong. is happening with the because we having more. crashes than we used to have like twenty years ago but people say no it's the information we just have more information about what's going on now what about what about the earthquakes one of these disasters is it's

also a problem of information all really are witnessing a rise in say small logical except that see here certainly. increase an increase in called death of a strong core of quakes it was in sixteen previous century or it was in beginning. in the beginning of the research century in. next period of a lot of equipment ever in the twenty first century old idea. of a paid earthquake an arson there was great it was in china it was quake it was in some other earthquake so now is that he would often creel states and he said so this is true but it's not. saying that i say it's embrace a whole world will the cycle be over. soon. to you is a couple of decades not on or it's usually one hundred one decade ok you know what

makes the pacific and maybe i'm wrong especially vulnerable to quakes look now in this century all the radio and earthquake in peru in chile and also in new zealand recently now interpreting it before in chain or in two or so it's a different region but it's all around the pacific ocean. yes but there's a more against that association because the the glass plates. moved in different direction and they increase the stress in long. and because of that continued a question which can only be answered by a scientist like yourself the japanese say that this latest quake moved the world axis a little bit of the axis is it is it true and this is a big danger the movement of the axis of. this is now only because pickle ations.

it's necessary to. prove this by experimental observation. how it changed the time sequence it's take some time so of course the answer modern techniques to measure time low to make this but no i am afraid to tell if this is true or maybe but it should be kept but and but if it's true it may be that if it did not it will not you know not there are some effect on saber in about a month thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest in the studio today was good not the president of the scientific cesa logical council at the russian academy of sciences sciences and albert did tell you all for joining us from tokyo japan net search for now from all of us good light will be back with more first hand comments on what's going on in and outside russia when play an r.t. and take a look thank you take a sip. wealthy

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