as christopher simons on atomic expert from the international christian university in tokyo take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe this hour nato is quote not doing enough to destroy heavy weaponry used by moammar gadhafi forces in libya from the french and british foreign ministers libyan civilians remain at risk. to pay said despite the ongoing nato led bombing campaign u.k.'s william hague called on colonel gadhafi to step down libyan rebels opposing khadafi have been pushed back despite the foreign bombing raids the country's been ravaged by civil war since february with thousands dead and injured. the palestinian authority now largely able to govern a state according to the united a united nations report will be submitted to the palestinian donor nations meeting in brussels wednesday but the report warned it would be difficult for the authority to make any additional progress while these rarely occupation continued and peace talks remain stalled dialogue between both sides been on hold since last year over the issue of jewish settlements in the west

places on government may lead to lack safety standards and there's a lack of oversight here christopher simons of the international christian university and so thank you thanks very. consequential japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami the world figure skating championship kicks off now in moscow after it was chosen to. replaced function as the tournament in the event it didn't change its host but was also for the postponed for one month the us canada finland croatia and austria were also bidding for. me more from the two thousand and twelve post has expressed its readiness to let japan organize the championships next year. ok i'll be back with the headlines in just a minute. down the field official r.t. have location your wife and i pod touch from the accuser. child she lived.

emerging that people may be misinformed on the levels of radiation and therefore the dangers christopher simons from the international christian university in tokyo believes it's not being measured properly. on the anniversary of chernobyl we can say that if your normal was the world's worst nuclear disaster then a current one from shima certainly the most complex and there certainly has been some confusion in terms of the response there is certainly a risk of long term exposure that's a problem in particular the way in which we measure radiation causes people to understand the chernobyl the last release the huge amount of radiation a very short period of time the international commission on radiological protection uses an average of values when they calculate the types of radiation that people are exposed to and those average value is can actually in some situations such as after chernobyl and currently in focus too much make it appear as though people are receiving lower doses of radiation and they actually are you have to take into account the density of radiation exposure as well as it goes

has a reputation for bypassing safety procedures for its own benefit well that's according to christopher simons of the international christian university in tokyo . there's certainly are cases to be made for negligence or tepco already each has a record of serious problems and accidents in two thousand and two they were accused of falsifying data from their reactors and that was proven to be correct they were falsifying gauger the government shut down some of their reactors were soon after they reopened again so again the pressure of business places on government may lead to lax safety standards and there's a lack of oversight here in particular the way in which we measure really asian causes people to mis understand the international commission on million logical protection which uses an average values when they calculate the types of radiation a people are exposed to and those average values can actually in some situations such as after chernobyl and currently in fukushima make it appear as though people are receiving lower doses of radiation and they actually are. consequence of japan's cata

in the sequence is there are significant alright and i have to end it there thanks very much christopher simons the atomic expert from the international christian university in tokyo thanks for joining us it's an. initial reports of an explosion at a bus stop have been denied by authorities in moscow russia's emergency services say that there are construction works in the area in western moscow and that the alleged burning smell probably came from a faulty cable the incident was reported to the police by a city bus driver take a look now it's another stories making headlines across the globe nato is pulled not doing enough to destroy heavy revenue used by moammar gadhafi forces in libya that's according to the french and british foreign ministers libyan civilians remain at risk for answers our injured pay said despite the ongoing nato led bombing campaign u.k.'s william hague called on colonel gadhafi to step down libyan rebels are posing khadafi have been pushed back a despite the foreign bombing raids the country's going to ravaged by civil war since february with thousands dead and injured.