the people in charge of fukushima daiichi are struggling to control the plant. how will they stop the leaks and demission the facilities? get the latest on the aftereffects of the accident with in depth reports and special features. nuclear watch, only on "newsline". >>> a junior high school symphony orchestra from japan's fukushima prefecture has performed in one of london's most prestigious concert venues. ♪ >> the fukushima youth symphony played at the city's queen elizabeth hall on and. the 37 members of the orchestra are from four junior high schools. the orchestra was invited by a british charity group that encourages people through wars and disasters through music. they received lessons from professional musicians. ♪ >> the students played the well-known japanese tune fusato which means hometown. >> translator: i am grateful for the opportunity the british people have created for us. >> these communities from japan really need this to feel that they come together and they send a positive message to the rest of us. ♪ >>> let's now bring in our meteorologis

now the operator of the fukushima nuclear plant is struggling to contain the radioactive waste three years after disaster struck the facility and the consequences continue to emerge across the ocean last august japanese officials revealed that around three hundred tons of radioactive groundwater from fukushima was leaking into the pacific every twenty four hours because of that seizing and levels in surface waters of the ocean could now be ten thousand times as high as the countryman nation to follow the world's worst nuclear accident in turn all the project to clean up meanwhile could take up to four decades to complete. a radioactive plume is already on its way to the u.s. pacific coast which it will reach this year and which is expected to peak in two thousand and sixteen but that's not all it's been found friends the canary islands and the arctic have already been affected on top of that the people helping with the cleanup efforts on site are finding their health is getting worse as the mayor david find out. for the last three years former navy officer michael seaborne has been p

where moved is also located in fukushima prefecture.it is by no means safe no matter what the government says exposing people to the current level of radiation in fukushima is a violation of human rights it's terrible what he must. mean you know what you know is that evacuation advisories are started to lift it for some citizen if the area that you are saying that the government is allowing this despite the danger of ready ation. which. has launched to come home campaigns interest in many cases evacuees are forced to return here's a map of. where the areas hit by radiation highlighted in yellow and you can see that the color covers almost the entire map to get any contamination decreased a little oil contamination remains high and there are still about two million people living in the perfect are going to key. all sorts of medical issues the authorities claim it has nothing to do with the radiation fallout from fukushima but i demanded that the authorities substantiate their claim in writing they ignored my request. there are some terri

sailors and marines who acted as first responders to the fukushima disaster many of the service members who provided that humanitarian relief were aboard the u.s.s. reagan and in the three years since dozens of them merely in their twenty's and thirty's have already been diagnosed with elements like leukemia testicular cancer and by worry disease now they're part of a growing class action lawsuit against the plant's operator tokyo electric power company also known as tepco the suit alleges that the power company provided false information to u.s. navy officials about the extent of the radioactive contamination spreading into the air and water and while service members say tepco is by and large to blame questions are surfacing regarding exactly how much the navy may have known about the radiation especially considering the kind of equipment aboard the u.s.s. reagan a nuclear powered ship however the u.s. navy denies that allegation in fact the pentagon says it studied the available data on radioactive levels and that that information was reviewed by a non-governmental group in a statemen

now he is living with his family in fukushima city. suenaga used to work in the tourism office of tomioka town hall. one of his jobs was tending to the cherry trees in tomioka. he would prune their branches and keep pests at bay. >> translator: i took care of the trees for about 50 years. i worked hard because i wanted tourists to enjoy the cherry blossoms. >> reporter: for the third year in a row, suenaga was forced to spend cherry blossom season away from tomioka. he worries about the cherry trees in his hometown, even when he's looking at other blossoms. because no one has taken care of the trees since the disaster, he wonders if they are still healthy. >> translator: this year it snowed quite a lot, so i'm particularly worried about the old trees. their branches can get very brittle. >> reporter: but in april, suenaga was offered a rare chance to visit the trees. a bus tour of the cherry blossoms was organized for the residents of tomioka who still are not able to live in the town. he joined the tour, eager to check on the cherry t

in some areas at fukushima daiichi they can only work for short periods of time. in others, they can't work at all. so engineers are racing to develop the technology that would offer full access with minimal risk. nhk world's noriko okada has the story. >> reporter: right after the accident, tepco engineers sent a remote controlled robot inside one of the reactor buildings. the device detectived significantly high levels of radiation. and it managed to make it out. since then, tepco has used several robots to survey dangerous areas of the crippled plant. the utilities need for technology has pushed developers to design robots that can go where humans cannot. researchers and engineers are trying to make devices that can carry out more advanced decommissioning tasks. some attended a convention in january. they are now focused on designing robots that can do decontamination work. this robot uses a laser technology to clean up the radioactive substances. the arms stick out of the device, and emit a beam. the laser can evaporate radioactive substances. then the robot u

>> fukushima. >> yeah. well, it'sa, as i say, it's a hope based on the fact that we can do it to start levelling it off and eventually coming up, we have to change attitudes. when people lose hope because many biologist point out there isn't any hope. if everybody loses hope, what happens? you fall into apathy. there is not point in doing anything. it doesn't matter. but how can we be bringing our children into a world and telling them there is no hope? >> cruel. you know, i suppose i am lucky in that that i have the opportunity to see some amazingly beautiful places like the forest where all life is entwined and once you have seen it, you just feel separate to try to save t i want my great grandchildren to have these experiences. >> you say in some ways there is a saying about inheriting the earth from our parents. but you say in some ways, we have stolen. >> we have. >> we have stolen their future. and, you know, i began the youth program because i met so many young peel who had lost hope, who said, you h

an hour, starting at 7 eastern / 4 pacific only on al jazeera america because of effects from the fukushima in a meltdown. why can't america's military seem to win wars outright anymore? >> the massive nfl concussion. [ grinds to a halt. >> our how many orous take on our biggest generation. here's more on what's ahead. >> i don't understand a ship the size of a carrier into a nuclear plume and expect there to be no harm whatsoever to the home life. >> from the judge's perspective, she has to look out for people that weren't able to pop in negotiations. we're talking about as many as 20,000 plaintiffs. >> we were the first generation, probably in the history of the world that really had the opportunity to do what we wanted to do. >> >> three years after a deadly tsunami in japan, 71 u.s. sailors who took part in relief efforts are suing the operators of the power plant. house and senate lawmakers want to find out exactly how much radiation u.s. servicemen were exposed to. the sailors say expose tour radiation during their service led to frightening illnesses, including hemorrhages and cancer

plus radiation rage american soldiers who took part in cleanup efforts at the fukushima nuclear power plant are suffering from severe health problems and say they were lied to about the risks. harvey and you are watching international we will start this hour with breaking news for you let's take a look at some live pictures of a standoff in the center of the ukrainian town of all of this is in the don't yet now the details we have about one hundred fifty. protesters stormed the local police department there and we've also had reports that the building has been set on fire that smoke have. has been seen in the near vicinity people are also throwing fireworks at the building officers are said to have barricaded themselves inside that police station ambulances we are aware are present at the scene the main street there in all of her has also been blocked just a reminder these are live pictures that we're bringing you this is a very much an ongoing situation. kiev has now expected to launch a full scale military operation in eastern ukraine the deadline set for protesters to lay down thei

plus of radiation rage on american soldiers who took part in cleanup efforts of the fukushima nuclear power plant are suffering from severe health problems and say they were lied to about the risks. welcome my name's neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international first this hour kiev is now expected to launch a full scale military operation in eastern ukraine the deadline it set for protesters to lay down their arms and leave the government buildings they're occupying has expired a wave of unrest and demands of greater autonomy a fit about a dozen cities across the east of the country starting with the city of slavyansk that has seen some of the worst violence in recent days after the interior ministry launched an operation to reclaim government offices that up to three people were reportedly killed and several more injured on both sides let's go live to our tease maria fanaa she's following the situation in the region and joins us now so maria the deadline has expired what can you tell us has been happening in the region. well the region is not calm and to government protests hav

captioning funded by cbs and ford >> simon: three years after the disaster at fukushima in japan, you can still see the impact in the towns that neighbor the power plant because they're empty. we were allowed to go to tomioka recently, but the loud speaker warned visitors they should leave. the disaster seems to have stopped time. the clock shows 2:46, the moment the earthquake hit. and the damage to shops and homes looks like it could have happened yesterday. >> pelley: there's been a lot of debate about obamacare and whether it's possible to cover every person. seven million have signed up for it so far, but we found out that almost as many may never get on board. >> come on in out of the rain. hello. how are you doing? >> pelley: for a fortunate few, there is the health wagon. who are these people? >> they are people with desperate need. they have no insurance, and they usually wait, we say, "until they're train wrecks." >> safer: hildebrand gurlitt was one of hitler's favorite art dealers. as the fuhrer was accumulating power, he was accumulating thousands of artworks. after he di

. >> smoke is pouring out of nuclear reactor number 4 at fukushima. still at the mercy of the winds and which way radiation gets carried. john: it turned out that scare and the others were exaggerated. no one died from fukushima or three mile island. no one was even hurt. and i lied about chernobyl, i said a million died. did you even catch that. but you accepted it. 56 people did die, but not a million, and most died fighting the fire. people are so scared of radiation that they'll believe just about anything. patrick moore, co-founder of greenpeace used to fear nuclear power. you once called nuclear energy synonymous with nuclear holocaust, yes? >> it's enough to make me cringe today. we were fighting against nuclear war and the threat of nuear war, john, and i think the mistake we made, and i was a serious science student. we believed that radiation was bad and anything that had to do with radiation should go. and today when i think about that, the fact that nuclear medicine is such an important part of medicine, diagnosing and treating millions of

the disaster led to a meltdown at fukushima nuclear power plant on the japanese coast and the release at m.i.t. have come up with a floating nuclear power plant that will be able to resist the effects of earthquakes and tsunamis by being located several miles offshore. m.i.t. says the design is modeled on drilling rigs. scientists say floating plants could automatically be cooled by the surrounding sea water in a disaster which would prevent melting or fuel rods or escape of radio activity. m.i.t. says the plants could generate as much power as the biggest nuclear facilities currently in operation, floating nuclear power plants. >> from surviving natural disasters. one company is making it easier to have access to portable solar power. a full range of solar energy systems designed from power devices from cell phones to refrigerators. sales growth of almost 17,000%. joining us now gold zero ceo joel atkin. thanks for coming in. we were talking about the earthquake in japan, and i know you guys were involved in providing some energy for the folks around fukushima and elsewhere in japan,

navy officers who helped with the initial fukushima cleanup now we want to why he and his colleagues health is going from bad to worse. for good even for me kevin though in very good company our top story than pro federalization activists in ukraine have taken control of the police headquarters in the town of god love the country southeast has been overwhelmed with mass protests defying the coup appointed central government authorities in kiev meantime set a deadline for the protests to disperse that's a law expired. in the region. at least ten different towns and cities all across the spot of the country and in the south remain occupied by those who do not recognize the authorities in kiev calling them illegitimate illegal and self-proclaimed following an alms coup d'etat these people have been taking to the streets for weeks and actually months after president unocal which was ousted and they've been trying to make their voice heard but when it didn't work they say they've decided to act and they started taking governmental buildings including security and police headquarters in al

most of the town is within 20 kilometers of fukushima daiichi. and the area is still in the government designated evacuation zone. town officials held a meeting in neighboring iwaki city to discuss a possible return. 80% of naraha's residents are staying there. residents learned that workers have finished removing radioactive material from residential areas in the town. officials explained that radiation has dropped by half from pre-decontamination levels, and a municipal panel of experts has judged the town liveable. they also say a makeshift shopping mall has been built. but many residents are wary. >> translator: we're mostly concerned about the exact radiation level. give us more details. >> translator: please don't rush. make a careful decision. >> naraha's mayor says he wants to hear from more residents and assembly members before deciding when they should start returning. >>> u.n. officials in south sudan have condemned what they call targeted killings of civilians. they say opposition troops slaughtered hundreds of people based on their n

the japanese government has lifted an evacuation order for an area near the crippled fukushima daiichi plant, three years after the nuclear accident. >>> an investigation has found that parts of a research paper on stem cells that were hailed as groundbreaking were fabricated. >>> and russia's prime minister has visited crimea for the first time since the country's annexation of the region. >>> more than 300 people from an area near the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant can now return to their homes. japanese government officials have lifted an evacuation order for a neighborhood in the city of tamura. it's the first time they've declared an evacuated area safe to live in again. now, people in the neighborhood had to leave their homes right after the accident three years ago. but government officials found that radiation levels were relatively low. so workers could decontaminate the area before other parts of the evacuation zone around the plant. but most evacuees from the area say they don't plan to return home in the near future. some of them are worried there may still be poc

the people in charge of fukushima daiichi are struggling to control the plant. how will they stop the leaks? and decommission the facilities? get the latest on the aftermath of the nuclear accident with in-depth reports, and special features. "nuclear watch" only on "newsline." >>> time now for a check of the weather. people in new zealand are dealing with heavy rain and flooding. our meteorologist jonathan oh, has the details and more. >> hello, keiko, yes, we are definitely tracking what used to be ita, departing from australia, and now moving toward new zealand, and this is of some concern because, yes, flooding, and the torrential downpours, along with some strong winds, are expected with this particular system. it is expected to also intensify as it moves toward the south and east. it's going to bring a lot of rainfall. not just for tuesday, but in to wednesday, thursday, and in to friday. so it is going to be a persistent system. and so because of that, we're going to look at anywhere from 120 to 180 millimeters of rainfall over both islands, north and sou

plus radiation rage american soldiers who took part in cleanup efforts at the fukushima nuclear power plant join a lawsuit against these owners for lying to them about the risks. welcome on in the harbin you're watching r.t. international. now there are just two hours left before ukraine's interim leaders have promised to launch a full scale military operation in the east protesters there rebuffing mates him to lay down their arms and leave the government buildings they're occupying. a wave of unrest and demands of greater autonomy if it about a dozen cities across eastern ukraine we're only showing the main hot spots for you on this map more information though dozens have been injured in the city of harker after pro federation activists there clashed with supporters of the new leadership in kiev fifty people asked for medical help that the city of slavyansk has seen some of the worst violence in recent days after the interior ministry launched an operation to reclaim government offices that up to three people were reportedly killed and several people injured on both sides journalist

. >>> engineers are trying to cope with rising volumes of radioactive water at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they want to get the water out of the ground before it becomes contaminated. they could begin pumping up groundwater as early as wednesday. clean water flows underground from the mountains to the soil beneath the plant. workers will pump it up to the surface. the idea is to prevent it from mixing with highly contaminated water in the basements of the reactor buildings. they'll then release the groundwater into the ocean. the government and tokyo electric power company decided to go ahead with the operation after local fishery cooperative on friday approved it under certain conditions. the fishermen say the released groundwater should meet strict environmental safety standards. they also insist that a third party oversee the process. tepco says it will take about a month to thoroughly analyze the quality of the ground water. if there's no problem, the utility will begin releasing the water into the sea in may. fisheries cooperatives in fukushima say there should be

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now he had been there for seventeen years but when fukushima happened they told him you're now going to be the radiation decontamination specialist and so in two days he got train and then he was responsible for decontaminating all of these people who would come back personnel from missions and then the equipment that the aircraft and all the such all of this stuff and then what happened was they told him we are going to log all of this all of these measurements that you're taking we're going to log it track it you know and put it on your medical record that way later if you know we find the exposure is normally not exactly will take care of the care of it what happened is it did not go on the record those measurements are not you know found to this day he has no idea what happened to them and you know he's just kind of left out in the dark it's truly tragic and i find it really interesting that another sailor on board name and it is i saw this in the huffington post he said that others on board were never offered i don't but higher ups like officers and pilots did receive the iodine

i was wondering how far reaching you think the effects of fukushima are going to be on japan and the hawaiian islands and the rest of the pacific. the question is, fukushima, how long i'll be going to experience the agony of three simultaneous meltdowns in northern japan? we have the answer. forty years. according to the utility tokyo electric it will take about 40 years to begin the process of dismantling the reactor. a small but quick will send the accident starting all over again you realize that the reactor is so radioactive workers cannot even get in for more than just a few minutes to the time. they sent in robots. robots are not smart enough to work in high radiation fields. total failure. the pentagon, the u.s. pentagon has made it a priority to create robots that can turn the screw, robots that can use a hammer, robot that can use gasol. we don't have this debt. and so the next thing they want to do is camerons, cameras into the water to see where the melting is. it's so bad that we don't even have a picture. we don't even have a picture of the melted court. we know it's 100

>> the question is fukushima. how long are we going to experience the agony of three simultaneous no towns in northern japan. we have the answer. forty years. according to the utility, tokyo electric, it will take about 40 years to begin the process of dismantling the reactor. and the accident is not over all a small earthquake that will send the accident starting all over again. you will realize that the reactor is so radioactive workers cannot even begin for more than just a few minutes it's on. they send in robots. robots are not smart enough to work in high radiation fields. the pentagon, the u.s. pentagon has made it a priority to create robots that can turn the screw a more robust that can use a hammer, robots that can use gasol to be we don't have them in. and so the next thing they want to do is send cameras into the water to see where the melting is. they don't even have a picture of the melted core. we know it's 100 percent melted. the water, the radioactive water builds up, swimming pools, you see all t

japan's nuclear reactors were switched off three years ago following the fukushima disaster. they now plan to regulate nuclear reaction reactors despite public opposition. that concludes oÑ

no one died from fukushima or 3 mile island. no one was even hurt. that? 56 people did die, not a million and most died fighting the fire. people are so scared of radiation that they'll believe just about anything. patrick moore a co-founder of green peace used to fear nuclear power. you once called it synonymous with nuclear holocaust. >> it's enough to make me cringe today. we were fighting against nuclear war and the threat of nuclear war. i was a serious science student. we believed that radiation was bad and that anything that had to do with radiation should go. today, when i think about that, the fact that nuclear medicine is such an important part of medicine, diagnosing and treating millions of people with high-level radiation and doing it for good, and nuclear energy which is the safest form of energy we have. the statistics are there. in russia is the only nuclear accident that did cause mortality and it was a style of reactor that never should have been built. the soviets took a shortcut during the cold war. we're lucky that only one of th

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. >> here we are three years on from the fukushima disaster in japan, and again those pictures of 2010 with boats high and dry, but underskying right off the coast is a fault line which could be incredibly damaging and disastrous for chile. >> absolutely. earthquakes -- this has a duration of three minutes which is extremely long. therefore, there's a big problem in chile. it includes landslides. you might get as many as 20,000. >> looking at pictures from inside a pharmaceutical store. is this money well spent by government? >> well, it is. once again, chile is one of the least corrupt places in latin america. corruption is a critical indicator for earthquake preparedness. most corrupt countries have the worst disasters if they're seismic, chile has done well at enforcing building codes and working with international organizations to make sure it has plans. >> professor david alexander from the institute for risk and disaster reduction. thanks for joining me there. we wait for more news from chile as it's first light there. >>> nato's top military commander says the situation on ukrai

captioning funded by cbs and ford >> simon: three years after the disaster at fukushima in japan, you can still see the impact in the towns that neighbor the power plant because they're empty. we were allowed to go to tomioka recently, but the loud speaker warned visitors they should leave. the disaster seems to have stopped time. the clock shows 2:46, the moment the earthquake hit. and the damage to shops and homes looks like it could have happened yesterday. >> pelley: there's been a lot of debate about obamacare and whether it's possible to cover every person. seven million have signed up for ito

japan and the hawaiian islands and the rest of the pacific. >> the question is fukushima. how long will we experience the agony of three simultaneous meltdowns in northern japan? we have the answer. 40 years. according to the utility tokyo electric it will take about 40 years to begin to process dismantling the reactor.

and they use crowd sourcing for the fukushima spillout. >> raising money, totally different things. how likely are you to ask a stranger for help solving a serious personal problem? the internet has allowed us to do that, and with one click, we can tap into the collective knowledge of others to come up with solutions on a wide range of answers, and this is lead to breaks through in innovations, and critics say, proceed with caution, the information you're getting isn't always reliable. so how do you determine when more his are better than one? helping to shape this question, dr. alex lickerman, and welcome to the stream. >> hi, lisa, and thank you for having me. >> let's talk about human nature, what is it about us, as humans that makes us seek advice from others? >> so many things. studies about all of the biases we have that drive us to ask other people for their advice and opinions. and so i'll just mention two, off the top of my head, the propensity we have to ask crowds for their opinions and follow their advice. we have a task or a question in front of us that we don't know ex

exposed to radiation documents reveal it knew that a naval ship was taking hits of radiation from the fukushima nuclear plant more on that coming up. and an n.y.p.d. officer accuses a woman of assaulting him during an arrest of occupy wall street but in a twist the same officer faces a lawsuit from a critic different occupy activist for assault more on those cases later in the show. it's wednesday april ninth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey around here watching our team america. one thousand nine hundred and one adult are left injured tonight after a male sixteen year old sophomore student went on a stabbing and slashing spree with two knives at a high school near pittsburgh the violence began in the crowded hallways just minutes before classes started at franklin regional high school police arrived at seven fifteen in the morning to find students running out the doors all of the victims are expected to survive the four of the students did suffer serious wounds the suspect is in custody but no motive is as yet known police have said the bloody crime scene was vast and may take a cou

i was wondering how far reaching you think the effects of fukushima are going to be on japan and the hawaiian islands and the rest of the pacific. the question is, fukushima, how long i'll be going to experience the agony of three simultaneous meltdowns in northern japan? we have the answer. forty years. according to the utility tokyo electric it will take about 40 years to begin the process of dismantling the reactor. a small but quick will send the accident starting all over again you realize that the reactor is so radioactive workers cannot even get in for more than just a few minutes to the time. they sent in robots. robots are not smart enough to work in high radiation fields. total failure. the pentagon, the u.s. pentagon has made it a priority to create robots that can turn the screw, robots that can use a hammer, robot that can use gasol. we don't have this debt. and so the next thing they want to do is camerons, cameras into the water to see where the melting is. it's so bad that we don't even have a picture. we don't even have a picture of the melted court. we know it's 100