neurally hotel then the princess in bangkok radisson hotel going cold dream literally going cold entire a grand going cold kansas city coach old flame cold grim friend who told blanco close it isn't even called a roll in the radio. it is a situation critical that japan stricken nuclear power plant with cooling systems failing in six reactors and threats of a nuclear meltdown rising to the highest level since the explosion at the facility . signs of a growing distress among the people of japan as fears rise your stories are not telling the whole truth and the situation is getting out of control. that doesn't reduce the panic it just makes people all the more uncertain when people believe the can't trust only information they're being given. the death toll from friday's a devastating earthquake and tsunami climbs to over three thousand with more than

seven thousand considered it still to be missing. around the nuclear drama unfolding in japan prompts experts worldwide to question over reliance on technology that often proves more dangerous than helping. with the ongoing debates on the future of global nuclear energy russia pledges it will continue with its plans to build a nuclear power plant. more in our business bulletin and around twenty minutes. with r.t. live from moscow just after seven pm our japanese officials confirm that radioactive materials have leaked into the atmosphere following an explosion and a fire at a reactor number four fukushima power plant fire is said to have damaged an area used to. store spent nuclear fuel with reports that the staff are struggling to

cool it down the situation at all six reactors is said to be critical after the only two remaining cooling systems failed following the earthquake and tsunami a blast that facility number two which occurred this morning has reportedly damaged the vessel of the reactor engineers are painting and using sea water to cool the reactors in an attempt to avert a nuclear disaster and artie's i've been in our reports from just outside the danger zone. it seems like the whole of the entire nation is gripped by this situation at once very nervous and it could hear. that we're on the cusp of a nuclear catastrophe could tip into. an absolute disaster the end no one really knows which way to turn because following before the explosion earlier today over overall same explosion of the day for the explosion at the nuclear power plant they talk four hundred times that those one would expect to receive prayer in

a year which is very critical and harmful level indeed so situations very tense here and all this follows the events of today which seems 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 machine power plant we're hearing this evening now console critical condition they had that 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 explosions first on saturday no one yesterday and the situation suddenly got a whole lot more critical when up a couple of notches with the second explosion today because that fourth reactor actually ours is a seven hundred eighty spent fuel rods all of which containing radioactive material normally a nuclear reactor actually contains around seven to curate so there was a lot more potential lot greater potential for

a much larger share of radiation leak in this project fears of a major an eclipse ass free and potentially again meltdown also fueled by. the prime minister's address to the nation telling people to stay indoors even as have voice commands on the government now it's even hand your laundry indoors because they don't want anyone going outside at all and is probably just foreign news crews all the ones i've seen today head for the exits are now actually in niigata which is on the west coast because. we feel that this area is much safer to be in and also there's a lot in a lot of distrust about the information coming out from. our company own power plant and also the government not only months for a new scripts but also months present and say here for the residents i've spoken to they they are also trying to get to the airport security first plane out of the country because they don't feel that their country is actually telling the truth they think that they reading between the lines and 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 and there is panic in the parties other bennett are reporting meantime got a rather jacobs from the hiroshima pieces that it says that judging by harvard situation is unfolding it seems the government has little control over this nuclear crisis. it certainly appears that we're not getting the whole 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 but you have every day we see the situation getting further and further out of control each day we we wait here in japan to a much more grim situation then the day before and it's hard to imagine i think that 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 to and it 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 the more explosions and significant radioactive releases at the site of the 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 if you had three aftershocks over seven point zero on the richter scale. so in a sense what you have is you have people trying to repair an automobile damaged but 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. now if you may happen to be in any of the affected areas you can always share your experiences by logging onto our facebook account just enter the news as

a one word our pager also has the latest videos analysis and news on the situation in japan as well as a of course our other top stories so if you know something that you think the rest of the world should hear please log on to use on facebook we know the latest count is five hundred thirty thousand people staying in two thousand six hundred shelters and twenty five thousand people have now been rescued log on to our team use on facebook. higher than normal levels of radiation have been detected in the japanese capital with the authorities admitting there is an imminent risk the people's health correspondent reports from tokyo. we. have very we have been raised not significantly and are not presenting any need to danger to residents of the japanese capital of course at the same time you have to remember that the levels of radiation around at the palms are such that thousands of people

have for ready to go back to needed and of thousands have been told to keep their doors and windows shut and do not leave their homes so at some point there were parts of radioactivity levels so just north of tokyo have been have been 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 very reaches 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 and. we also know that filled with iodine have 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 regrets and no doubt a 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 the 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 it can be a city bursting with lights and it's a pity there is hardly anybody out on the streets right now people that are out there all wearing masks. are also there have been reported also shortages of some have been reported people are increasingly buying such things as water and based products some of the things out in securing off their cells again there are going to get very orderly fashion. down the obviously something is in the air so to speak

and. it's probably theory under prevention it's people are still waiting for it what's going to happen next. it's a ridiculous reporting. get some more details on this and talk to linda gunter founder of the website and beyond nuclear waiting for us in washington d.c. that's our course over there live right now so we don't have a critical situation at all reactors out fukushima confirm leaks of radiation the damage vessel reactor number two do you think is it possible now that we are seeing a real nuclear disaster. i think we're already seeing a nuclear disaster just listening to the reports from new york to reporters in the field earlier levels of radiation in the air we're very concerned here that the evacuation that's taken place in japan around for question is not nearly far enough as you know radiation is especially harmful to children to pregnant women to their unborn children these people we think should be at least fifty miles away and it's

essential that you take precautionary measures rather than after the fact that asimov died should be distributed immediately and not wait to see if there is a quote unquote real meltdown when you say would you say though it's quite difficult to take precautionary methods when the tsunami was the earthquake and tsunami were both totally unexpected and so everyone was caught by surprise when the nuclear reactors were eventually crumbled. absolutely but i think as soon as there was a problem at the reactors that's when you start to take precautionary measure measures albeit i understand that the infrastructure is gone that the country is in a shambles they have triple crises on their hands these near meltdowns partial meltdowns or if god forbid for meltdowns that are transpiring in fukushima taking a while you know this is we're into i think the fifth day now of this crisis so it is really time to get factual information out to the people in that region

for them to understand what's really happening and i listen to your reporter describing the sense there that the facts are not forthcoming you've got to remember that you know the japanese nuclear industry wants to survive this so it's in their interests not to be not to declare the full level of this disaster but we're talking about human lives now on the line i think it's the morally responsible thing to move people far away and to recognize that it's a serious crisis you know when you talk about moving people far away you talk about human lives being on the line let's just take a broader scope here and stand by for a moment we know about radioactive contaminants seeping into the atmosphere just off the eastern coast of japan we have a north north pacific ocean currents now if these contaminants get into these oceanic currents what's the rest of the world going to be facing here. are you talking about into the ocean itself as oppose or you talk about airborne or you know into the ocean as. yeah yeah you know i'm.

not qualified to discuss what happens to oceanic current side that's not my area of expertise but i think there is concern you know contamination in water is a concern especially i was soon for the japanese to rely heavily on seafood for nutrition and therefore if that's contact with that source is contaminated that's a big issue you know we saw a similar situation here in the u.s. with the b.p. oil spill where the seafood supply was contaminated so that was not fit for human consumption that affects people's livelihoods as well as their lives so it's sort of a cascading disaster i guess in so many in so many ways. really the worst nightmare and the only cure for this is prevention that's why we feel that this is the moment the world needs to take stock and say nuclear power is not safe it's not clean it's not reliable we need to move in so you're saying and move on move on to other

sources of energy but what are you suggesting here because there are many people that claim that global warming is is a direct result of the coal powered factories that produce electricity. right and unfortunately you know adding more nuclear plants is not going to address global climate change because they take a very long time to come online in a very expensive the very slow to bring it into operation and we need so many of them and obviously the climate right now is not going to accept the idea of a massive nuclear power expansion so you're really looking at above all energy efficiency reducing usage making buildings more energy efficient so we waste a huge amount of electricity obviously through that and then the renewable energy offshore wind is really gaining ground now it's expanding faster than any other energy supply solar these are things that we can do now in a state of emergency like jeff. and you need electricity but what happened the source of supply of electricity is the crisis itself not really understood i'm

running out of time i don't even know you mentioned you much and other forms of energy wind driven solar driven energy. you know today in brussels twenty eight twenty seven minutes of the ministers of the e.u. are meeting to discuss how they can help with this and yet the europeans are well over one hundred nuclear power plants you think there's a any valuable lessons to be learned by the e.u. well i think they're learning them certainly in germany which has a fantastic solar program unexpectedly since it's a fairly cloudy place and very successful so that program they're looking at shutting nuclear plants for the time being and maybe not giving their license renewal so there's ones that are looking to extend their lives so i think here here governments are starting to take stock and say well maybe this isn't the right way forward and now is the time to make a real commitment to renewable energy and efficiency story all right linda gunter the founder of beyond nuclear weapons live in washington d.c. thank you earlier no russian region is close to japan residents and emergency services are on high alert this is 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 tourists foreign workers are leaving the area our correspondent you're going to get a job in the region that's about one hundred kilometers just north of japan. emergences officials for this region have in turn supplied checks 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 meters which will 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 and. in the worst case scenario locals can make. it home there's no threat to the health of the sampling 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 halls of this region to know japan and also sales of i.o.c. and have rocketed in pharmacies across the city obviously people want to make sure that they are well paid 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 the japanese are playing down the through out of a nuclear catastrophe or not planes leave the international at course. because into the shuttle after what we know there are no edition flights arranged people here indeed are not new to natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes but with a new clear throttle 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 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. you got a regret over a quarter so far scientists say the winds are blowing from the east so the radiation will head to the pacific ocean because he's tried a page to find out how the radioactive threat from the afflicted reactors is likely to spread and austrian scientists they created an animated map of the radioactive cloud movement and we can see here that in the worst case scenario it could reach other u.s. western coast there of california and you can always check out our seas twitter account for the direct link to this and that's artsy underscore com. club moscow is expanding its aid to japan with a number of russian emergency workers involved in rescue operations expected to grow i was the next few days the country is also boosting its humanitarian aid and energy supplies seems pretty small from the. kind of talk about the

extent of russia being involved here heading our energy supplies that giving some sort of relief equipment to what i think you know. well those are already russian rescue would his and aid workers on the ground in japan and the numbers are expected to increase over the next couple of days so to around one hundred eighty these rescue workers in a. day all told us risky by the emergency ministry here in russia what that means is a rapid response team that they are ready to go to see the state hit the ground and they don't require any additional help from the japanese authorities so they can taking many people away from japan's already overstretched rescue teams that are working right now it's not just rescues that if you heading out there are already on the ground in japan it's also humanitarian aid so looking at tents and shelters for those who have lost their homes also things like food water and medicine we

hear that russia has also said that they will provide any help to you that they can should you request it was also a team of nuclear physicists in russia's far east that are ready to go to fukushima should they be requested for any help or think they could get there and it's not just this humanitarian aid we're also seeing any g. eight being sent from russia teacher pandey increasing the supplies of coal between the two countries there's also the one hundred fifty thousand tons of liquid gas will be said for russia to japan they electricity can be divided directly to japan to an underworld to cable but it's also it's do you see the muscle outpouring of support here in russia. for the japanese people over the weekend there were flowers being laid outside of the japanese embassy and enough to solidarity between the two nations prime minister vladimir putin has invited the rush the japanese judo team to come over here to russia to train. well the situation in fukushima has caused

many countries around the world to review their own nuclear programs. program will continue it is safe this was said by the russian foreign minister. he also said that not only was the russian nuclear program safe but the nuclear power plant in iran which was also safe and able to withstand an earthquake. as for our cooperation with iran in construction of the shell. we're following the high standards for safety the standards are set by the i.a.e.a. not iraq and the un energy watchdog monitors that the entire facility is under the full oversight of the agency and this guarantees not only technical safety protection subsides because he would say. well as the situation continues to worsen by the day people feel that it really brings

into the foreground the the realisation that that mankind. is monthly in control when it comes to technology and that technology being impacted upon by the forces of nature and we can now hear reports from my colleagues alexey other chefs he is in ukraine. it was a failed experiment that led to history's biggest nuclear disaster in april one thousand nine hundred six the chernobyl reactor exploded as a result of the wrong individuals being in the wrong place at the wrong time and the. they had very poor knowledge of the physics of the reactor they knew the manual and want to push without it they knew nothing of the reactor physics the personnel drove the reactor into a state it was out of control while the authorities clearly knew who to blame for the fall out even the soviet union's top scientists were at a loss as to what to do in the days the catastrophe unfolded. to

a nuclear power station as a remission free facility this was something unseen before a nuclear power station with flames and smoke over it was a quarter of a century on history seems to be repeating in japan despite your forty's claims there 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 never had. the reaction was. completely false he means. the reactors happened as it's happening and this is very an exception. i mean. if you see the decent julia reed that such a situation is unfolding in one of the world's most technologically advanced countries has heightened the sense of on our internationally but 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 dead 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's so inherently dangerous when you go to work every day do you keep thinking about how dangerous that technology is that would be over time rather damaging psychologically 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 over reliance and technology can be a dangerous friend and one mishandled can strike in disastrous fashion and we have always seen this with these with the caltech neglect is asters you remember last

year there was a. massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico again you had a very competent famous company that seemed to know what it was doing but they simply haven't planned for conjuncture conditions that would create a disaster so this is the human condition we simply are unable it seems to handle these technologies are probably not ready for that the nightmare that the term normal reactor became was eventually sealed off within the massive concrete sume called the circle forgets 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 alexey russia party. and time off with business news with dmitri.

concerns about the state of japan's economy have been rising as the extent of the devastation becomes clear initial estimates already put the country's losses at one hundred seventy billion dollars but some experts are already saying that the actual loss could be much more although the quake's fury bypassed japan's industrial heartland the shock waves have been felt for out the business sector power supply is critical in the country firms like. i've had to stop production because with eleven out of the forward pants power stations out of action they're running out of energy carmakers ship builders and technology companies worldwide are short of supplies after the disaster and damage that will find reasons having a knock on effect queues forming at natural parts. if you have nuclear power is again under serious consideration following the events that have unfolded one of japan's nuclear stations germany is close to shut down seven facilities whereas other e.u. countries are looking at alternative energy sources but russia has stepped up its

commitment to enjoy things develop a new nuclear power plant in belarus. just look. 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 build the project we're going to for a living on campus to lead a c.t. and technological advancements. that. take a look at the markets now we start with asia's reaction to the situation in japan the massive sell off from tokyo stock exchange continued on tuesday as investors were trying to guess just how bad the japan's major companies could be had as a result the nikkei is down ten and a half percent saying follow suit as down almost three percent the. u.s. markets did open two percent lower on worries about the worsening situation of joining the global selloff general electric remains the main losers second days down two point six percent together with third tashi which dropped sixty percent in

tokyo the company was wanting to make contracts for the actions of the sheba right now both of these are down the half percent european stocks also fall sharply amid fears that break may undermine its right change for global manufactures in the scenes of manage the slight comeback with the dax now down three percent so the forty one point three percent there russia both the r.t.s. and of myself joined the global selloff on tuesday after the largely ignoring japanese crisis the previous day open to things lost more than one half a cent energy shares were losing ground on increasing oil prices will snap chatting two percent close banking shares were also down by big between these leading the fall further down to around two point three percent on the my six to one back enormous nichols actually up one point one percent that's off the russian metal folding italian best set of plans to buy shares in russia's largest nickel mining company that's all we have time for this hour will be back in fifty minutes time

when update rory is next with a recap of what's going on in japan just after this break. the. dems the official r.c.m.p. cation your wife oh my i pod touch from the i.q. sampson. cianci life.