there are other problems that happened at fukushima we need to deal with here as well. one is the spent fuel storage in pools next to reactors. one thing the disaster has shown clearly is that many of our nuclear power plants do not have emergency preparedness plans that have been vetted by the regulators. there is a clear disconnect between the approval of the regulatory plan and the proposal of the regulatory plan by the actual operator that would probably need to be fixed as soon as possible to ensure our plants are running in a safe way. >> anti-nuclear momentum is growing and it's not just the general public. american businesses are also becoming more cautious about building new power plants. what kind of strategy does president obama need to take? >> before the earthquake, even at that time the so-called nuclearaissance was already essentially not happening here in the united states. the reason is that there is very abundant and inexpensive natural gas we have been getting from a resource called shale gas. even before safety concerns reemerged after fukushima, we

on friday the ieae team visited the fukushima daini plant. the team members were later briefed on how a series of problems developed at daiichi plant and how the operator tepco responded. a team then went to the daiichi plant to inspect number one, two, three, and four reactors. they were also told about the number six reactor's emergency diesel generator which operated normally. the iaea team plans to submit its inspection report to the japanese government on june 1st. >>> g-8 leaders have called on the international atomic energy agency to establish new international standards for nuke power plants in the earthquake-prone areas. a declaration on nuclear safety was announced friday prior to the conclusion of the tuesday summit in the french city of deauville. in the joint declaration leaders urged the iaea to create new international standards for the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in areas with high risk of terror attack and earthquake. the document says major industrial countries will revise the existing treaty on nucle

a team of workers am enter the number one reactor building at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant on thursday for the first time since march 11. the first step in a plan to safely cool down the reactor. the workers will set up a purifier. this is being done ahead of work to restore the cooling functions in the reactor. earlier, tepco disclosed plans to restore the cooling system by circulating water in the reactors' containment vessel. however, the company faces many challenges before the work to set up the system can begin. they include whether the purifier will be able to filter the air to a level that will allow workers to remain inside for extended periods. even if workers manage to enter, radiation levels may remain high near where a water circulating system is to be installed. the workers may need to clean the pipes with water and contain radiation with lead sheets. they may also have to change some damaged pipes and valves. also to circulate water inside the containment vessel, the water must reach the height of the fuel rods. but if pressure within the vessel is eased too

the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant will announce on tuesday a revised plan to cool down the reactors one month after the original one. tokyo electric power company says it needs to pour water into the reactors. it had confirmed earlier that the fuel rods have melted, and may have burned holes in the number one reactor pressure vessel. radioactive water is likely flowing from the containment vessel into the basement. tepco says it suspects a similar situation is happening in the number two and three reactors. the firm says it's considering pumping water out of the containment vessels and circulating it back into the reactors after cooling it with heat exchangers. it's also thinking of taking water from the basements of the reactor buildings and putting it back into the reactors after removing the radioactive substances. tepco is expected to keep to its original schedule of stabilizing the reactors within six to nine months. the japanese government will announce a plan on tuesday to help evacuees from around the troubled fukushima daiichi plant. it will have the

>> many people say it's understandable considering what happened in fukushima. other people also say kan hasn't done enough to explain how hamaoka is different from other facilities. many of japan's nuclear plants are threatened by earthquakes and tsunami. kan referred to research results which cite the high possibility of a massive quake at hamaoka in the near future. however, the same research results indicated the possibility of a big earthquake and tsunami at fukushima daiichi was low. this proves research results are not always right and other nuclear plants might run in trouble before hamaoka. in that sense, critics say in light of what happened in fukushima, kan should suspend other nuclear power plants as well until necessary measures to prevent an emergency are completed. >> that brings us to the question of how are we going to deal with electricity shortage? especially in the summer? what is prime minister naoto kan saying about that? >> he's mot not saying much about that actually. that's another reason why he's facing criticism. he seems to be leavin

. >>> th> operopororf the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant will install two heat exchangers at the number two reactor building on tuesday to let me show y lower the temperature of the spent fuel pool. wednesday tokyo electric power company workers entered the building to check radiation levels. but the high humidity prevented them from staying longer than 14 minutes. the humidity is thought to stem from the high temperature of the spent fuel pool and steam from the suppression pool which may have been damaged by the explosions after the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. tepco plans to reduce the humidity by installing the heat exchangers in the building next to the reactor. the exchangers will take in the hot water from the pool and circulate it back after it's cooled. the utility says it hopes to start using them this month did to reduce the temperature of the pool from around 80 degrees celsius to about 40 degrees sell yus within a month. tepco hopes to install the exchangers at the number one and three reactors next month and at the number four reactor in july. the operator of

the operator of the damaged fukushima daicchi power plant says it has increased the water number three reactor after an increase in temperature occurred over the past week. tokyo electric power company increased the flow of cooling water to 7 tons to 9 tons per hour for the number three reactor on wednesday. the temperature at the bottom of the reactor was about 143 degrees celsius at 11:00 a.m. on thursday, about 33 degrees higher than wednesday last week. the operator says the temperature rise was apparently caused by a temporary decline in the amount of water flowing into the number three reactor. tepco has been injecting water into reactors number one, two and three after the cooling functions were lost in the march disaster. the company says that after it increased the amount of water injected into the number one reactor last week, the temperature of number three began to rise. the company says it continues to carefully monitor temperature changes. >>> tepco says its operation to cool the number one reactor will be carried out safely. an the company is planning on filling the reac

by prefecture, 8,941 have been confirmed dead in miyagi. 4,400 in iwate and 1,544 in fukushima. the number of people who remain unaccounted for has fallen to 9,880 from a peak of 17,600 in late march. some people were counted twice. while others became evacuees. in fukushima prefecture where the troubled nuclear power plant is located, the number of missing has fallen to 600 after briefly approaching 6,000 in confusion during evacuation. meanwhile, japan's weather officials say the number of aftershocks is declining gradually. but the officials warn of a possibility of strong aftershocks, especially in eastern japan. during the past two months, there were nearly 450 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or stronger including 2 powerful jolts of magnitude 7.1 and 7. >>> an nhk survey revealed the hardships faced by people in the hardest-hit prefectures. 435 people across the three prefectures took part in the poll. more than 450,000 people were living in shelters just after the quake, but the number has now dropped to about 120,000. many evacuees left the shelters saying they were tired o

china and south korea fear that the fukushima accident may affect their energy policy. so that's why they're asking japan for accurate information on what's going on at the damaged plant. so they need to address their citizens' concerns. >> as you mentioned, chinese premier and south korean president are to visit some of the disaster zones in the tohoku region. what do you make of their planned visit? >> it will help japan in its ongoing effort to deal with unfounded rumors and inform people about the facts regarding radioactive substances in the east and northeast. it will show the leaders that it's safe to visit this country. the trick is to apply the lateral meeting will also foreign nations and territories that japan's agricultural products are safe and despite fears of radiation contamination. >> earlier in the newscast we talked about special train, that seemed to have crossed into china and our sources in south korea said that kim jong il himself is likely to be on that train. now this nuclear issue regarding north korea, do you think they will be talking about t

but that was all before fukushima. public fear of a nuclear disaster here has impacted regional elections bolstering the green party and threatening the chancellor's ruin -- ruling coalition. the chancellor's crisis created a crisis in the heart of berlin. >> we have this report. >> it was the disaster at fukushima that had a radical change of heart in the german government. chancellor merkel long argued germany needed nuclear power for four decades, during the transition for a more sustainable, environmentally friendly list of forces, including fukushima. >> we cannot carry on as if it were business as usual and take as the basis of future decisions the so far undisputed safety of the own nuclear facilities. the latest events mean we have to stop for a moment and reconsider. >> the government took the country's seven oldest nuclear power plants offline for three months. ordered safety tests on all 17 and established an ethics commission share chaired by former environment mission claus tupford. all political parties w

they were hit by a shortage due to fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant's accident. there was the collapse of the supply chain as a result of parts. however, japanese corporations are doing their best efforts to recover, and yes, there are some corporations that have announced that a schedule is now proceeding very good. >> specifically what kind of measures do you think are needed to spur consumption here in japan? >> i'd like to point out three major measures that should be conducted by the japanese government. the first one is effective, say, population increasing measures to introduce people to make more babies. the second one is the form of the pension system, i think. other people have a lot of financial assets. however they're now anxious about their future, especially the public pension system. so the government must make make reform of the public pension system. the third mission, the perfect end of the nuclear power plant crisis is if it could be accomplished then for tourists to come here again and the japanese population increasing policy would be conduct

i interviewed a former governor of fukushima prefecture. he told me that 11 years exposed the connection between the nuclear safety agency and tepco. >> translator: the first whistleblower revealed there was a crack in a reactor. tepco shaved the reactor to conceal the crack and kept using it it. the nuclear and industrial safety agency received the information from the whistleblower. it pastsed it onto tepco. the agency abandoned its duty. they were two of a kind. >> and the historic tsunami caused the crisis, but how radioactive materials leaking into the environment must be examined, what do experts say about the issue? >> the former commissioner of the nuclear safety commission questions ktepco's handling of the crisis. they injektsed water into the reactors to cool them down. it was soon revealed a lot of contaminated water accumulated on site. tepco decided to release the water into the sea. he says tepco should have done something before releasing the water in the pacific ocean. he thinks the company's ability to control the plant ha

a new leak was discovered at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan today spewing fifty seven. of radioactive waste into a nearby trench meanwhile according to a new report from greenpeace sea life off the coast of the meltdown fukushima nuclear plant contains high levels of radiation japanese officials assured the world that the tons and tons of radioactive waste water that's been dumped into the ocean will dilute enough to not pose a health risk but this new report from greenpeace concluded otherwise tests on fish oysters and seaweed more than twelve miles off the coast contain levels of radiation if the times it's that's five by. thousand percent above the legal limits so what are these radiation levels mean for potential seafood eaters should we be worried and welcoming done if anything to stop further contamination here offer some answers on this is kevin camp's radioactive waste specialist at beyond nuclear doubt or kevin welcome back so first of all how serious of the fighting is in this green peace report well it's very serious medical seaweed that fifteen times the per

. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi talk in clear power plant says the disaster knocked out the disaster's cooling system creating holes in the pressure vessel and damaging the containment vessel opinion on tuesday, tokyo electric power company released the results of its analysis of the temperature and water level of the reactor. the temperature of the containment vessel began to rise immediately after the earthquake. it shot up 15 hours after the quake when a meltdown is believed to have occurred. at 9:00 a.m. on march 12th around 18 hours after the quake, the vessel's temperature had reached 300 degrees celsius. that's more than double the temperature it was designed to withstand. >> translator: when the temperature of a containment vessel hits 300 degrees, the rubber and metal parts used to seal joints will be damaged. highly contaminated water may have leaked threw these damaged sections. >> this is the first time that tepco has given details of how highly radioactive water may have been leaked at the number one reactor. >>> tepco says the density of radioactive cesium abov

the operator of the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant reported high levels of radioactive water that accumulated in the basement of the number one reactor. tokyo electric power company or tepco says a water sample contained 2 million becquerels of radioactive cesium per cubic centimeter. >> translator: we speculate that water affected by the reactor damage is leaking from the pressure vessel and from the containment vessel. >> tepco created a map that shows the distribution of the contaminated water in the plant buildings. it will use this to prevent a recurrence of accident in march. at that time, flthree workers we exposed to radiation by stepping in tainted water. company plans to set up a cooling system to circulate decontaminated water back into reactors. the system is expected to be installed in july. tepco says it will also install equipment to purify contaminated sea water near the water intakes at the number two and three reactors. the purifier uses a mineral to absorb radioactive cesium. the company says preliminary operations will begin as early as thursday. the

the operator of the troubled fukushima nuclear power plant reported high levels of radioactive water. tepco says a water sample can taned 2 million becquerels of radioactive cesium per cubic meter. >> translator: water affected by the damage is leaking from the pressure vessel and containment vessel. >> tepco created a map that shows the distribution of the contaminated water in the plant buildings. it will use this to prevent a recurrence of the accident in march. at that time, three workers were exposed to radiation by stepping in tainted water. the company plans to set up a cooling system to circulate decontaminated water back into the reactors. this is expected to be installed in july. tepco will install equipment to purify contaminated sea water near the water intakes near the number 2 and 3 reactors. they use a mineral to absorb the radioactive cesium. preliminary operations will begin as early as thursday. the utility previously built undersea silt barriers to prevent highly radioactive water from further spreading into the sea. radioactive substances are still being detected o

no one expected fukushima to lose the cooling systems and suffer a melt down. now the crisis level there is at 7, the highest on an interesting scale. in light of what happened, what needs to be done to prevent another nuclear emergency. earlier we got insights on the story from nhk world. >> translator: tepco said the situation was beyond prediction. assumption. considering the ex-pent of damage, the assumption was overoptimistic. yes indeed tepco had an overoptimistic assumption, but it was because the guidelines of the government which served as the basis of the assumption was very overoptimistic as well. tepco had assumed that the height of the wave would be 5 hospital 7 meters before the earthquake and tsunami hit. actually a 15 meter height tsunami hit the nuclear power plant and as a result of the fukushima plant, they lost the cooling system and so there was a melt down in the reactor and it seems to be a melt down taking place for number two and number three reactors within four days after. >> what were the government guidelines like? >> translator: in

we now have the experience of fukushima. clearly i would see this as likely an issue that we're going to bring back to the commission, either as part of the short, the near term or the longer term review activities, but, i mean, it's an obvious question but a very broad policy implication. >> yes, it does. >> you structured a lot of your presentation around defense and depth. do you think that's appropriate? it's the cornerstone of our safety philosophy, so they talked about prevention, mitigation, emergency planning and so on. but it seems to me that under defense in depth, we can do a lot of things to integrate, for example, some of the -- some things that you mentioned that right now are not integrated and to understand better the possible accident sequences, and maybe to go beyond the 8 or 16 hours that we go to now because of the station blackouts. in other words, to answer a lot of the questions by developing a so-called level three pra risk assessment. and there has been general reluctance to do that over the years, e

. >>> an official from japan's nuclear safety agency said a fuel melt down at fukushima daiichi number one reactor will have an impact on how the crisis is controlled. nishiyama says filling the reactor's containment vessel with water may not be worth it. nishiyama says the melted rods at the bottom of number one reactor is being cooled by a slow amount of water. he doubts it is necessary to flood the containment vessel entirely, something the tokyo electric power company has been trying to do. >> translator: it may not be necessary to flood the containment vessel entirely, even though there is not much water inside the reactor, the fuel rods are cooling down. >> tepco officials said thursday most of the fuel rods in reactor number one are believed to have melted and sunk to the bottom of its pressure vessel. they said the melted fuel has apparently cooled even though much of the water they've injected is leaking through holes at the bottom of the vessel. the utility devised a plan last month to fill up the containment vessel with water and set up a system to circulate water through a

people forced to evacuate from the 20 kilometer no go zone around the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant are being allowed to make brief home visits for the first time. >>> 93 people from 54 households were bussed to a gymnasium tuesday morning. there they put on protective clothing and received walkie-talkies before being taken to their homes. they are allowed to spend about two hours gathering personal belongings from their homes. they will then return to the gym to undergo screenings for radiation exposure. the home visits were arranged at the request of the evacuees. the government enforced a 20 kilometer radius no go zone on april 22, but many people had fled the area before that under an evacuation advisory in place since the nuclear accident. in total, residents of nine municipalities are expected to make brief home visits by the end of may. but those who live within three kilometers of the nuclear plant will have no such chance due to higher radiation levels. >>> elevated radiation levels are again hampering the who, to bring the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear power pla

a source close to tepco says the company will allocate $5 billion to stabilize the troubled fukushima daiichi reactors. it also needs to earmark funds for future decommissioning of the reactors and restarting suspended they were thermal power plants. the extraordinary loss brings the overall deficit to $14.7 billion, which is the largest in the company's 60-year-old history. tepco will have to go through another difficult year in fiscal 2011 as compensation for evacuees and affected businesses will increase. to raise cash, the firm plans to sell assets such as its resorts and sports facilities, as well as stock holdings of affiliate companies. it will also implement salary reductions for its workers and a 100% pay cut for eight top executives. chairman tsunehisa katsumata and president masataka shimizu say they will resign. however, some say they should continue working to address the situation until all the reactors are stabilized. the company announces its financial losses on friday. >>> looking at tepco's credit rating, moody's says it could make a drastic downgrade. that would dep

fukushima also teaches us that there cannot be a hundred percent safe nuclear power plant. i think you can keep designing it, you can have all the systems in place, but you cannot foresee the kind of natural disaster that can strike a nuclear power plant. >>reporter: the town of madban (maadbun) seems very far from fukushima, yet it is here that french nuclear company areva plans to build the world's largest nuclear facility at a cost of 24 billion dollars. localfarmers claim they were not consulted and their land is being acquired at a mere 11,0 dolrs peracre but officials say they are willing to increase the compensation, something the villagers now refuse to accept. >>waghde: this land is the land of our forefathers; we have the authority to manage it but not to sell it. we cannot set up this kind of village anywhere else, with this quality of land around it. so even if the government is ready to offer us huge compensation and relocate us elsewhere, we don't want to leave our village. >>reporter ramdas waghdare meanwhile, still tries to cultivate his field that lies insi

so thankfully she has the scientific training to understand how bad fukushima is and that the german reactors are susceptible to similar damage and as an individual with a scientific background she made the decision so you know we have turned politician from being pro nuclear and being anti nuclear from being pro-war to being anti-war from being pro wealthy to being working for social justice these things do work and what we found in the green energy movement as well as the social justice movement and so many of the women's rights movement so much they have a movement that's what's good for justice and what's good for the environment is ultimately good for the economy and that's a tough sell in the interim but in the long term it always proved to be true well it's a tough sell indeed and i guess we'll have to have you back in another decade if we're not done in the rapture first to see if the politicians are actually listening thank you so much that's harvey wasserman editor of music free dot org. now some ideas are simply best left in the past whether it's legwarmers bell bottom . t

japan unveiled new plans on tuesday to contain the crisis at the crippled fukushima nuclear facility.operator has admitted that the risks and challenges are far greater than it had previously disclosed but it says it is on track to bring the nuclear reactors under control by january. >> few cameras have been inside the reactor said fukushima's since the facility was damaged. the images released tuesday show remote-controlled water cannons springing a green resin to bind radioactive particles. workers are making unpleasant discoveries, including melted fuel rods in reactor one, dangerous cracks in the containment vessel, and sinking coolant levels. they insist the timeline is realistic. >> there are some unknown factors we have not yet calculated, but our schedule remains valid. phase one will be completed in july, and by the end of the year, we will have the reactors under control. >> phase one will see radioactive water pumped from the turbine room sign reactor's one and two of their building extra tanks to hold the water, and they're telling in a giant barge for storage. from there,

calls for a sthihift for safer forms of renewable energy have been growing since the crisis in fukushima. one plant in particular, the hamaoka nuclear power plant in central japan, has been in the spotlight because of the risk of earthquakes. prime minister naoto kan asked the company that runs the plant to hold operations of active reactors. he said the government will review its energy policy. >> translator: under the current energy policy, by the year 2030 more than 50% of japan's electricity will come from nuclear power generation. 20% by renewable energy resources. however, we now have to go back to the drawing board and conduct a fundamental review of the nation's basic energy policy. >> reporter: kan said japan's energy policy is dependent on nuclear power and fossil fuels, but that it's time to shift to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind power and biomass fuels. >> earlier we spoke about japan's energy policy. >> reporter: the government says it will shift its focus on renewable energy sources. how likely is it that this plan will succeed? >> last month the environment

yesterday the japanese government widened the evacuation zones surrounding the melted down fukushima nuclear plant more than five thousand people left their homes on sunday after being is exposed to high levels of radiation last week it was discovered that a nuclear meltdown did indeed occur inside reactor one of the plant which has officials concerned about the status of the other more volatile reactors and are currently over three thousand tons of highly radioactive waste water underneath reactor one that shouldn't be there japanese officials officials are scrambling to figure out a way to get out of there recently on the show we're now on foot as physicist michio kaku said this about the situation. a crippled nuclear power plant it's stable only in the sense that a kind is also stable a small earthquake a pipe break could set it off because it's just hanging there by your fingernails so imagine being on a cliff and hanging like your fingernails and one by one your fingernails start to crack that's the situation at the reactor right now it's stable so what do these new developments

fukushima has shaken the country. the prime minister has put the country's nuclear policy under review. japan had planned to build 12 new reactors in the next two decades. that is now very much in question. >> skype has a new owner. >> some are surprised at the cost. it is official now -- computer giant microsoft has confirmed it has bought skype. it's the largest deal in the history of microsoft and is worth around 6 billion euros. that may seem like a lot to spend on what is considered a lossmaker, but microsoft is eyeing their web savvy users as a way to boost its ailing smart phone business. >> skype let people make net- based phone calls and chat t video for fleet -- for free. i popularity has spread like wire fire -- like wild fire. they have become a major player. by incorporating skype into its own business, microsoft has beaten other internet giants like facebook and google. at the last count, skype had a 663 million registered users. in 2010, they posted the equivalent of 600 million euros in sales with loss

. >> tendremos imágenes de la planta de fukushima . >> que tal amigos . >> un miércoles estupendo tengoestupendo , una mitad de semana muy buena para la bahía, todo california esta con buenas noticias, por supuesto aumento en las temperaturas . >> palo alto en los 73, los gatos en los 80 , el calor continua para mañana pero cambios ligeros una bella noche , 66 grados, hasta los 59 el viernes los cambios se ven en la bahía amigos en sanjose , fresco , estable y agradable más detalles en solo a las 11 . >> hoy se vio por primera vez un video de la planta de fukushima , el reactor número 1 , se instalara un sistema en el aire , recién los trabajadores podrán entrar para reestablecer el sistema el nivel de radiación esta por sobre 100 a 1000 de lo normal . >> volvemos a la vuelta con acción deportiva . >> . >> (♪ ♪) . >> jugo el manchester united pero sin el "chicharito" hernández . >> que tal amigos buenas tardes . >> arrancamos porque esta definida la final de la champion league , donde el manchester united recibia . >> el ecuatoriano valencia aumenta y gibson el 2 por 0 parcial ante que

following the disaster at fukushima in japan, it was the first european nation to show plans for new development. now the government has gone a step further. there would be no new reactors built in switzerland but the current ones responsible for producing 40% of the country's energy will be gradually phased out. >> the government took the decision that we will leave our nuclear power plants working and when they come to the end of the safety time, we don't want to build any new nuclear power plants. >> switzerland has five reactors which will be slowly shut down over the next 23 years. the government says they will make up for the shortfall in production by investing in renewable energy sources. for many anti-nuclear campaigners, the decision did not go far enough. they called for the immediate shutdown of the two oldest reactors including this one. with fukushima still fresh in memory, the decision to move away from nuclear would be welcome to the country which regularly experiences seismic activity. >> all flight restrictions in europe have been lifted after destruction caused by

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as tear a country tha has experi >> sarkozy met kan in tokyo on after doot the disaster began at fukushima. they agreed to work together to das eaplan brnational safety e end of the year. >> translator: it is imperative to check the security of all nuclear plants, includin the fukushima accident serves as a warning to all countries that usnueaengy >> he said that some such as germany are reconsidering nuclear power generation. but france will continue to operate its nuclear power plants. he added that the g8 leaders will show agreemt t nd to heighten nuclear safety standards in a joint summit declaration. >>> ja ioow companies say the government should explain why it's asking them to he tpeto o t crippled fukushimaucarla padages to those affected by the disaster. last government dedeon framework to help tokyo electric power companyr tepco pay damages. the plan asks other power cospeti nle plants to contribute funds for compensation paut in a petition submitted to the natural resources andney ency o federation of electric power mpie lts requests before the new framework can take ap eomnies

the world still seems concerned about the chernobyl throughout and especially in the wake of the fukushima disaster that's why i heard of this anniversary countries invested more than five hundred million euro into constructing a new confinement destined to seal the exploded reactor for another century this is probably the last time we have managed to see the infamous chimney of the fourth block of the church noble nuclear power station people behind the new circle for good say that next year it will be dismantled then the station will be covered with a doll and that will end the existence of the children or build a nuclear power station but the former residents of this area say matters little to them their life as they knew it had ended twenty five years ago let's see russia r.t. reporting from the chill in the exclusion zone in ukraine. who cannot isn't averse to reviving old nuclear fears many eyes have turned to the ongoing crisis of japan's fukushima nuclear plant sustainable energy professor expert tom burke told us that japan's lack of a burgeoning planning is in seize it was the ma

anniversary reviving old nuclear fears many eyes have turned to the ongoing crisis at your parents' fukushima nuclear plant sustainable energy expert professor tom burke says japan's a lack of emergency planning was a major contributing factor to the current crisis they have not actually regained control of the reactors and so there are still risks that there will be further explosions or releases of radiation either to the air or to water which to the sea which has been happening all through this process not they've got a bit more manageability than they had earlier on but this event is still ongoing the show was over very quickly it was no explosion and it was over a relatively quickly this is clearly going to run and run for months and what is very clear from what happened in fukushima is the japanese neither the utility nor the government really how to well worked out thought through emergency plan to deal with a catastrophic event like this. quarter of a century ago with her images of an explosion natural noble on every street thousands of healthy young men were ordered onto planes and p

and fears of a collapse of one of the fukushima nuclear reactors while japan's authorities of criticized for letting evacuees back into the radiation so. welcome this is r.t. it's now eleven pm here in moscow this tuesday night my name's kevin zero in on the top story the solemn freud that was shown for victory day hijacked by violent nationalists in western ukraine with nazi salutes they attacked the veterans who fought to free them from invasion sixty six years ago that is a ski reports now on how it's just one part of a far right search in europe. a holiday for millions and street brawl for some unlike most of the post soviet region on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicious display of neo nazis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties blocked the entrance to red army soldiers cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and playing tributes some in this part of ukraine do not see may the ninth as a reason to celebrate leaving the soviet period to be worse than enduring nazi occupation the st george's ribbon is usually worn as a traditional

also fears of a collapse of one of the fukushima nuclear reactors plans authorities are criticised for letting evacuees back into the brady ations are. and in business this hour russian helicopters has had to put a hold on its i.p.o. pants after the investors showed concern at the volatility of the market and join us for the full house and around twenty minutes time. for getting from moscow is this is our team is just after ten pm now this tuesday night it's kevin owen here this hour with the top story for you in the solemn pride that we show the victory day was hijacked by violent nationalists in western ukraine with nazi salutes they attacked the veterans who fought to free them from invasion sixty six years ago it is a lecture a jet ski reports next on how it's just one part of a far right jean europe. a holy day for millions a street brawl for some unlike most of the posts on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicious display of new analysis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties book the engines to read on soldiers cemeteries preventing war vetera

the emergency cooling tower is one of those. >> they have those in fukushima? not. >> reporter: the earthquake and tsunami sparked a power outage causing the problem to spiral out of electricity. any nuclear plant is at risk of a meltdown. at peach bottom they take extra steps to ensure the power fly. >> they are also at elevation, that building is designed for tornado, floods, fireplace, it's very robust. >> reporter: that's important because if you lost power you would need to use that diesel fuel to keep those generator going to chemo alex trustee to cool those rodriguez so you don't have a meltdown. >> that's correct and that's why it is so well protected. >> i see. what you are about to see is a simulation of what would happen in a control room if the nuclear power plant lost power. [ bell ringing ] [ buzzer ] >> this is testing, training, casual tee aharms we run. >>> it doesn't need to be a tsunami or an earthquake to initiate a reactor failure. because of the inherent danger any number of events could be the match that lights the next nuclear fire. >> b

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fukushima event reinforces the importance of protection from natural phenomena.the task force is evaluating design basis requirements for seismic and flooding events and the associated safety margins including how those requirements and margins evolved over time. in addition, we're evaluating design basis and the margin for external events that could affect large areas of the plant that might be affected from an extended station blackout or the loss of the ultimate heat sink. we're not limiting ourses to just the earthquake/tsunami pair. as i mentioned, flooding can occur from other phenomenon. so we're look at things like seismic events followed by dam failure, side pieismic events fd by fire, large amounts of precipitation, et cetera. we also wanted to be able to acknowledge, however, existing agency efforts that have been ongoing and started before the event at fukushima. generic issue 199 is addressing the updated seismic hazards in central and eastern united states. there's going an new generic issue as it relates to dam failures. the task force has tried to

they are looking at fukushima city. it is several kilometers away from the plant. foreign leaders are expected to meet some evacuees, people who lived near the plant who had to evacuate their homes. >> is there a loss of faith for japan? >> some reports say one of the opening ceremony at patricia recent appeared -- fukushima's city. some are angry. the talks themselves will take place in tokyo. there are other reports that no suitable venue could be found. >> is there anything else on the agenda of -- apart from the post earthquake tsunami? >> bilateral talks, territorial disputes. what we mostly will get out of this is japan trying to demonstrate that it can run its nuclear program safely. japan asking for its products to be allowed into china without a fight for restrictions, because of possible contamination. there has been talk about sharing lessons how to cope with the natural disasters in the future. >> a lot of talk, but the expect concrete agreement? >> i think the purpose of the summit, which has been going on for more than 10 years, is to try to make rela