the golden so it's literally a hotel then the princess in bangkok radisson hotel something called dream which will bring cold sober till some time or a grand going coke cans pacific ocean old line cold grim friend who told blanco close it isn't even called a role in the radio. it is a situation in critical panza stricken and nuclear power plant cooling systems are failing in all six reactors and threats of a nuclear meltdown rising to the highest level since the explosions at the facility picket. signs of a growing distress among the people of japan as fears rise their stories are not telling the whole truth and the situation is getting out of control. doesn't reduce panic it just makes people all the more uncertain when they believe they can trust only the information they're being here and. now the death toll from friday's a devastating earthquake and tsunami climbs to over three thousand with over seven

thousand considered still to be missing. and a nuclear drama unfolding in japan prompts experts worldwide to question your human over reliance on technology that often proves more dangerous than helpful. without the lotter must go where it's just after six pm japanese officials confirm that radioactive materials have leaked into the atmosphere following an explosion and fire at reactor number four at the fukushima power plant the fire is said to have damaged an area used to store spent nuclear fuel with reports that staff are struggling to pull it down now the situation at all six reactors is said to be critical after the only two remaining cooling systems failed follow waiting the devastating quake and tsunami. the blast our facility at number two which occurred

this morning has reportedly damaged the vessel of the reactor engineers have been using seawater to cool the reactors in an attempt to avert a nuclear disaster artie's either better now reports from outside just outside the danger zone or can be seen by the whole of the entire nation is gripped by the situation at once very nervous and it could be here we are on the cusp of a nuclear attack it could dip into an absolute disaster in no one really knows which way to turn because following the fourth explosion earlier today over overall second explosion of the day for the explosion at the nuclear power plant they talked four hundred times that those since one would expect to receive in a year which is very critical and harmful level indeed so the situation is very tense here and all this follows the events of today which seem to have just gone from bad to worse two explosions this morning it two previously intact reactors and

then two more the final two reactors of the six out of the regime we're hearing this evening open our current so a critical condition they had it have been explosions there but they have also had their cooling mechanisms knocked out so they can't cool down the reactors and that's what led to the first two explosions first on saturday and one yesterday and the situation suddenly got a whole lot more critical when up a couple of notches with the second explosion today because of that four reactor actually ours is a seven hundred eighty spent fuel rods all of which containing radioactive material normally of nuclear reactor actually contains around sick if you're also there was a lot more potential lot greater potential for a much larger radiation leak and this is of a major nuclear catastrophe and potential nuclear meltdown also fueled by. the prime minister's. address to the nation telling people to stay indoors even as

they're going to come in from the government now to even hang your laundry indoors because they don't want anyone going outside at all and his pontiff foreign news crews all the ones i've seen today head for the exits are nasty in the gutter which is on the west coast because we feel that this area is much safer to be in and also there's a been a lot of distrust about the information coming out from electric power company owned before machine power and also the government not only a month or a newsgroup but also months present and say here for the residents are so consumed they're also trying to get to the airport and yet they're the first plane out of the country because they don't feel that their country is actually telling the truth they think that they really mean a line saying that. this situation is very bad and they think that the prime minister actually doesn't want to fuel panic but on the streets there is panic in the arteries of a better reporting right there dr robert records from the hiroshima peace institute

says that judging by how the situation is unfolding it seems the government has little control over this nuclear crisis. it certainly appears that we're not getting the full story in the sense that every day we are told that the situation is under control and that efforts are succeeding in reducing the risk yet every day we see this issue a nation getting further and further out of control each day we we wait here in japan to a much more grim situation than the day before and it's hard to imagine i think it's hard to give accurate information i think it's hard for the government to get accurate information but i think that there's a growing distrust among people in japan that the information that we're receiving is not informing us to the extent that we would like it's imminent that doesn't reduce panic it just makes people all the more uncertain when they believe they can't trust fully the information they're being given this intuition is very much

difficult to control there's no doubt about it you're you have a site there you've had more explosions and significant radioactive releases that the site only reactors so you're having extremely high levels of radiation in that local area making it extremely difficult for people to conduct the kind of work that may be useful you had three aftershocks over seven point zero on the richter scale and eight or so in a sense what you have is you have people trying to repair an automobile damaged by that's moving at one hundred miles an hour without brakes or steering so the work that might be done that might be effective is getting increasingly problematic for . the affected areas and always share your experiences by logging on to facebook account just enter the news as one would and a page also has the latest videos analysis and news on the situation in japan as well as all the other top stories as well so if you know something that you think the rest of the world should hear just look into news on of facebook.

well higher than normal levels of radiation have been detected in the japanese capital with the authorities admitting there is an imminent risk to our health or their health and our correspondent are going to go to scope reports from a tokyo. we heard these. freight would have been raised but not significantly and are not presenting any immediate danger to residents of the japanese capital of course at the same or you have to remember the levels. around the farms are such that thousands of people have already who've actually had and tens of thousands have been told to keep their doors and windows shut and not leave their homes so at some point there were. radioactivity levels of just north of tokyo and have been 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.

is also saying that radiation levels are going to are going to. rise in the near future as the radiation reaches chios so we're keeping a close watch on whether or not we're going to have any further reaction from the japanese authorities. in the japanese kept me actually rise as well we also know that deals with. more than one hundred thousand. have been released by i.a.e.a. and sent off to the areas affected there 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 no doubt nuclear meltdown and that is what everybody is keeping a close eye on and of course the the rescue efforts are still continuing there of

course countries 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 moros feeling you would imagine so comes of the city bursting with lights and exhibitors hardly anybody out on the streets right now people that are out there all wearing face masks. well so there have been reports also shortages of some have been reported people. buying such things as water and products and somebody. off the shelves but again they are doing it in a very orderly fashion and there's obviously something is in the air so to speak and it's not society since probably here and prevention its people are still waiting for what's going to happen next he's really going to reporting right you all with r.t. it's good to have your company today and we're bringing you regular updates on the crisis in japan and later we'll be looking at the economic implications in our business bulletin let's cross over live now to a retreat for

a quick review he's on that and what do you have for us well the initial estimates of the damages done to japan's economy are something like one hundred seventy billion dollars we've seen the key stock index the nikkei two to five drop another ten and a half percent after dropping six percent the previous session this is causing all other markets to plunge into a sea of red too but at the same time russia seems to be ready to continue developing its nuclear energy program we'll have more details on that and specifically what problem is the person had to say in our program in around ten minutes time. trying to see you soon now in russian regions close to japan residents and emergency services are on high alert this despite saying the danger of a possible radioactive cloud reaching the area is minimal as the wind is expected to blow towards the pacific ocean however some taurus and foreign workers are leaving the area and our correspondent. is in the region that's some one hundred kilometers

north of japan. emergences officials for this region have in turn supplied chaps for radiation levels here in the civilian region we talk to representatives of the ministry they showed us a car which they quit with professional geiger meters which would measure radiation levels at different places around the city so the margin says ministry here assures that as of tuesday morning there is no increase in radiation levels and there is no cause for the residents to panic. in the worst case scenario locals can make. it home there's no threats to the health of the sakhalin 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 who are all islands anytime soon this is the closest halls of this region to not japan and also sales of i already have rocketed in

pharmacies across the city obviously people want to make sure that they are well prepared in case that there is a radioactive emission threat from what we know from people we've spoken to is that they are not quite sure whether japanese are playing down the threat of a nuclear catastrophe or not planes heavey international airport show views no surprise causing to the shuttle and from 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 new clear through rotten 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 in want to tory now is weather forecasts it will take a radioactive cloud if there is an explosion inside a core of a nuclear reactor less than a day to reach this part of russia. for russian agents report that

so far there has been no riots and radiation levels i know you can follow on to see on twitter as we follow the situation in russia's far east and post all the latest developments all sorts of news updates coming across the wires we bring to you on our twitter account that is. on a school call. from moscow is expanding its aid to japan with a number of russian emergency workers involved in a rescue operations are expected to grow over the next few days the countries also boosting its humanitarian aid and energy supplies. waiting for us in the russian capital we can cross from now and. russia are certainly extending it's almost help in more ways than one to japan one of the details that you know. well that's right russia already has a rescue workers on the ground in japan the numbers of rescue workers expected to reach around one hundred eighty over the next few days those rescue workers that

have been sent out there. by the emergencies ministry totalist rescue teams that means that they're pretty much self-sufficient they are ready to work as soon as they hit the ground now this is a big help for the the forces in japan who are stretched to the limit following the earthquake and tsunami they don't require that these russian rescuers don't require any additional help so it allows them to the table with what they're doing straightaway and the russians can get on with they'll be looking for any people still trapped under rubble many people still missing following this series of disasters this taking place in japan but they're also bringing humanitarian aid so looking at tents and shelters for those who have lost their homes food water as well as medicine basics of human life that are needed there is also a team of russian nuclear physicists that's all ready to go to japan should they be needed pledged as much support as they. so to give to japan and said this all

really the japanese authorities have to do is ask and russia is ready and willing to provide that support to them now over the weekend we heard that russia pledged quite a bit of energy a diffuse willpower to. be upping the supply of coal to the country as well as providing one hundred fifty thousand tons of liquid gas on providing electricity directly to japan by underwater cable well the situation and the continuing crisis there has caused many countries around the world to review their own nuclear programs now russia have said that their nuclear program is safe perfectly safe will be continued to be used and they also reiterated through said your love for all of the russian foreign minister that the bushehr nuclear power plants in iran which russian built is also safe hands may be able to withstand an earthquake. that shook the sense of this as for our cooperation with iran

in construction and because bush talked so we're following the high standards for safety the standards set by the i.a.e.a. not iran and the u.n. energy watchdog monitors that the entire facility is under the full oversight of the agency and this guarantees not any technical safety but also protection from seismic activity to come through that. it's well this situation continues to deteriorate include machinery it's so see how i like the the inability really deep the lack of control that mankind has over technology when the forces of nature come into play because you know here report from my colleague alexia share scheme he's in kiev. it was a frail experiment that can lead to history's biggest nuclear disaster in april one thousand nine hundred sixty john noble reactor exploded as a result of the wrong individuals being in. the wrong place at the wrong time and

the neighborhood had very poor knowledge of the physics of the reactor of a new manual and want to punish without it they knew nothing of the reactor physics and the personnel drilled the reactor into st it was out of control while the authorities clearly knew who to blame for the fallout even the soviet union's top scientists were at a loss as to what to do in the days the catastrophe unfolded. down to the. station as a remission free pursuing this was something unseen before a nuclear power station with flames and smoke over it was out or order of a century on history seems to be repeating in japan despite the all four of these claims they are of having the situation under control the fukushima nuclear power plant has already seen but explosions and that's despite advanced safety systems which the chernobyl reactor now i have but if you look towards the earthquake the reaction was completely false he means. the

reactors happened as. this is very safe. when we. see the decent reports that such a situation is unfolding in one of the world's most technologically advanced countries has heightened the sense of alarm internationally that 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 there he told. the society that government regulators believe that technology can be operated safely but there's a built in psychological complacency if you're operating something that sewage hairy dangerous when you go to work every day do you keep thinking about how dangerous that technology is that would be over tying rather damaging

psychologically so in other words they convinced 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 overreliance and took knowledge you can use a dangerous trend and one mishandled can strike in disastrous fashion we have always seen this with these what they call tech which electors asters you remember last year there was a massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico again we had a very competent famous company that seem to know what it was doing but they simply have to have for conjuncture conditions that would create a disaster so this is the human condition we simply are unable it seems to handle these technologies were probably not ready for the nightmare that the chernobyl reactor became was eventually sealed off within the massive concrete soon called the circle figures the catastrophe provided valuable lessons in how to deal

with the 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 let's see russia ski r.t. time without an ego to hold off from the institute of world economy and international relations says that the consequences of the nuclear crisis in japan could affect the world on a global scale. russia has done a great job fighting the disaster in chernobyl and then fighting the consequences first of all the fallout that happened across some across regions and russia can offer a lot of expertise in fighting those consequences and also you know russians understand very well the magnitude of the disaster and you know often as in the situation for all the trashing prime minister vladimir putin immediately offered all available this instance to japan colleagues and even the shipment of guess the amount of

radiation being released now and the amount of duration that will be released in the coming future is so great that actually the whole global the fact that as you know of the disaster chernobyl were only one poll unit was affected you know this really should call the whole globe so the magnitude all the woman disaster cannot be predicted now but definitely it's going to be one of the worst nuclear disasters in both history. and you bear in mind you can actually be on top of the developments in japan with the r t twitter page for the details emerging japanese police now say the number of confirmed dead has risen to over three thousand the number of missing is over seven thousand now and most are hearing that there are five hundred thirty thousand people staying in about twenty six hundred shelters you can get more details on that all the updates on twitter account that is r.t. underscore. well christopher simons an associate professor of international

christian university in tokyo believes that people are now in grave danger of exposure. the people who will have the most danger will be the people who are working to stop this disaster at the moment that is the emergency workers and military personnel around the plant now they will be likely receiving quite high doses of radiation and the rest of the country and perhaps the world should certainly feel quite grateful to the work that they are doing to stop this meltdown a situation in the north is very bad and i believe yes the government will require help from foreign experts from the international atomic energy agency from foreign governments who can supply material such as fuel and expert advice perhaps even helicoptering and new physical generators and and diesel generators and pumps.

now japan has asked the international atomic energy agency to help the country deal with its nuclear crisis this comes amid concerns of similar incidents taking place in the european union which has one over one hundred nuclear power plants out in trying to push oil has more from brussels it comes as the emergency response meeting here in brussels has been raised from experts of ministerial level that means all twenty seven e.u. energy ministers have been called to brussels to really cordon it's an emergency response team to the e.u. energy commissioner says we need to see if we can provide an energy policy for the e.u. youth avoids nuclear energy of course it's a fluke it's really a change from the traditional energy policy of many countries in the european union which was to increase its nuclear capacity is because italy for example is a big e.u. country which is starting from scratch a big nuclear program france belgium here also have big nuclear programs but now

there is increasing concern about the safety obviously of nuclear reactors and there is growing public opposition to that now there was a demonstration of around sixty thousand people in germany near for you clear reactors there and if to give you a flavor of the sentiment here in brussels let me just quote from the portuguese state secret safe environment he said in the light of the nuclear meltdown in japan member states need to reconsider their energy policy and related security measures nuclear power is neither a safe option nor is it sustainable the one hundred plus nuclear plants across the european union are now conducting stress tests to see whether a similar accident could happen in the european union that is trying to push the reporting right there by time after the business news to me to see. thanks rory concerns about the state of japan's economy have been rising as the extent of the devastation becomes clearer initial estimates already put the

country's losses at one hundred seventeen billion dollars but some experts say the actual loss could be much more although the quakes you worry bypass japan's and the last two heartland shock waves have been felt throughout the business sector power supply is critical in the country firms like toshiba go to. stop production because with eleven of japan's fifty four power stations out of action running out of energy carmakers shipbuilders and technology companies worldwide are short of surprise after. transportation is also badly affected poor handling as much as seven percent of japan's industrial output sustained major damage with most likely to be out of operation for months and damage to the oil refineries is having a knock on effect with the use petrol pumps. despite the ongoing problems with japan's nuclear reactor russia is pledging to jointly develop a new nuclear power plant in belarus prime minister vladimir putin met with his

russian counterpart in minsk on tuesday to reiterate russia's position. it was not really sure but we are facing a crisis related to what is happening in japan which will certainly influence the global economy we intend to go ahead with our plans to build a nuclear power plants and bulbs the project we're going to develop on campus leaders c.t. and technological advancements. a. second ago how an asian markets reacting to a situation in japan would have reacted rather massive selloff on tokyo stock exchange continued on tuesday investors will try to guess just how bad the transmitter company could be there for the nikkei is down ten and a half a sentence heard consecutive slap on contango bank records motors closing the session and down almost three percent the increased losses were compounded by japan's prime minister's statement that a quote from standstill amount of radiation or anything the regime

a nuclear power plant. what we have seen today is just an over reaction to what's going on in japan the market house has already priced there's something worse should happen in the rest of the week yesterday when i thought the situation could be it's a bottom but when i came back to the oldest of a situation gets worse and if those kind of vicious cycle starts of it that series of people's risk up take away his father more and nobody knows how far that he could shoot for. take a look at u.s. markets now they're down two percent so on worries about the worsening situation in japan joining people over the selloff general electric remains the main lose a second day down four percent this is because together with toshiba has dropped sixteen percent so far the company was one of the main contracts for the reactors and for the sheema european stocks a full sort of fall in shop even fears that japan's earthquake may undermine supply

chains for global manufacturing industries and managed a slight comeback compared to last out which actually is down four percent support c. one hundred percent here in russia but the aussie is my second also joining the global selloff of two largely ignoring japanese crisis on monday energy shares a losing ground on decreasing oil prices let's take a look at the more details as you can see there also they have down two point two six percent banking shares are also low is buy a bag of e.c.b. leaving before. also two point three percent of norilsk nickel is stronger talking the germans are pumping two percent that's up to russian metal holding that sell their best set of plans to buy shares in russia's largest in the coal mining company and the oil prices have extended losses as deepening crisis in japan continues to scare investors away from risky assets markets are also concerned about the possible short term decline in demand for the world's third largest user light sweet is down three percent brent's three and

a half seconds. that's all we have time for the base hour we'll be back in less than one hour's time with an update rory is next with a recap of what's going on in japan. template the official party ugly cation chauny phone the i pod touch from the i.q. sampson. cianci.