in our final installment, we're looking at situation at the fukushima daiichi. in a moment, we'll speak to the spokesperson of japan's nuclear watchdog. but first, let's go over what's happened at the nuclear plant and where things stand now. >> on march 11th, the earthquake and tsunami knocked out the cooling systems for reactors one, two, three and four at fukushima daiichi. reactor four was offline for inspection, but the status of its spent fuel pool became a concern. an inability to keep the fuel cool led to hydrogen explosions in all four reactor buildings. tokyo electric power company used seawater and then freshwater to control the reactors. the nuclear and industrial safety agency revealed in a recent report that full meltdowns happened in reactors one, two, and three between five and 80 hours after the earthquake. it is also likely the fuel burned through the reactor pressure vessel and is now at the bottom of the containment vessel. in the same report, the agency said an estimated 770,000 terrabecquerels of radiation leaked into the air in the six day

the problems at fukushima daiichi are still causing concern. a growing number of people want to make japan less dependent on nuclear power in the long term. the government needs to open discussions on how it can continue to generate nuclear energy safely while adding newer sources of power. >> nhk world's junko noda reporting for us tonight. junko, thank you. >> thank you. >>> tokyo electric power company says tonight it has succeeded in getting a system to decontaminate radioactive water working at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. plant operator tepco says a u.s. made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium even made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium eve made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium evema perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium even after workers adjusted a faulty valve setting. however, they say test runs have shown when combined with a french decont

it also says that the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, tokyo electric power company, should improve the design of its nuclear plants to ensure that cooling systems continue to function in the event of a serious accident. the storage pools for the spent nuclear fuel are located too high in the troubled plant and have hampered efforts to cool the reactors. the report also says the government will conduct a study on nuclear safety with the help of the international community to identify ways to strengthen global nuclear safety. the government's nuclear disaster task force reviews the draft report on tuesday. it will then be submitted to the international atomic energy agency ministerial conference on nuclear safety in vienna that starts june 20th. >>> the director general of the international atomic energy agency says he will propose measures to strengthen nuclear safety at an upcoming international conference. yukiya amano made the remarks in his opening speech at the iaea board of governors speech on monday. amano reported on the agency's activities such as sending a t

it's located far away from the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. concerns linger that agricultural products grown there may be contaminated with radioactive substances. now, farmers are trying to find ways to cope with the drop in rice sales abroad. they're fighting these food fears by giving their clients access to key information. mouainsfice are stored in this warehouse. a total of 20 tons of rice is awaiting export from warehouses like this. >> translator: the rice was supposed to be shipped overseas from mid-march to late april, but shipments have been canceled. >> the town of shoni, yamagata prefecture is 180 kilometers northwest of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. it's known as japan's biggest rice producing communities. the ceo of an agricultural corporation founded by eight local farmers. the farmers began exporting rice two years ago. they aim to expand overseas sales to offset sluggish business in the domestic market. >> translator: cooking instructions are written in four different languages on the back of the bag. >> reporter

the meeting will be the first of its kind since the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant. since the accident most nuclear power plants in japan have halted operations. restarting the reactors in genkai saga prefecture has the backing of the local mayor but the prefectural governor is maintaining a cautious stance. at the meeting it will be explained by the nuclear industrial safety agency. the meeting will be broadcast live on cable tv and the internet. the governor, however, has been criticized for its decision to choose only around seven residents to participate in the meeting. many local people are saying this will severely limit the wide range of opinions needed. a group of doctors has found that the estimated level of accumulated internal radiation exposure for people living in fukushima prefecture exceeded three-any he will sieverts. doctors say the level is not a health risk but advising people not to eat vegetables grown in levels where raid yigs levels are high. the researchers include doctors who have provided medical care to atomic bomb survivors. the group cond

the company that made the yarn is located 125 kilometers from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. in recent years, a growing number of overseas fashion houses were using the fiber. until the march 11th quake, the company exported about 100 different type, but at the end of april about $97,000 worth of yarn was left in a warehouse. the shipment was halted because three overseas clients requested that the yarn be tested for radio acradioactivity. masaki sato is the company's president. with domestic sales dwindling, he expanded his business with overseas designer brands. for this year the firm set a sales target of over four times that of the previous year. >> translator: i didn't think the impact would be this big. i'm really concerned. >> this person handles exports. he tried to convince the clients of the yarn's safety by providing them with radioactivity data from where the firm's plant is located. the data he sent showed 0.129 microseiverts per hour, a level that by japanese standards poses no immediate threat to human health. nevertheless, one of the clients canceled their ord

. >>> more workers at the >>> more workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant are being pulled off the job because they might have been overexposed to radiation. japan's health and labor ministry says six workers could have received doses above the allowable limit of 250 millisieverts. tokyo electric power company gave the ministry an update monday of its latest round of checks on plant workers. the ministry says the amount of radiation exposure was nearly 500 millisieverts for each of the six tepco employees in question. the maximum allowable dose for nuclear workers in japan was raised to 250 millisieverts from 100 after the crisis started. an additional 94 workers have been exposed to between 100 and 250 millisieverts. in late may, two tepco employees on duty at reactors number three and four were confirmed as having received doses of more than twice the emergency limit. the health and labor ministry has told the utility to give all overexposed workers thorough aminations. it says it is very regrettable so many of them have come into contact with such high levels of radiation. >

on thursday we'll tell you about the psychological impact of the accident at fukushima daiichi.eople living near the nuclear plant have plenty of concerns about radiation. we'll travel with japanese and u.s. doctors who are trying to help them. >>> anti-government forces in yemen have stepped up their offensive against a major southern city, increasing the pressure on president ali abdullah saleh to step down. armed tribesmen opposing saleh's rule have pushed outovernment forces and seized nearly all areas of the city of taiz by tuesday. in the capital sanaa, anti-government demonstrators, mainly young people, gathered for a rally dubbed a million man march on ttdz afternoon. they say they will block saleh's return to yemen. saleh is receiving medical treatment in neighboring saudi arabia for injuries sustained in a rocket attack on his presidential palace last week. a report says the president sustained burns over 40% of his body. but he's said he will stay in power and go back to yemen soon. saleh also faces growing international pressure to step down. u.s. secretary of state

. >> translator: a >> translator: a state of cold shutdown at the reactors of the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant would lay the groundwork for my resignation. >> the >> the plant's operator, tokyo electric power company, says it will achieve a cold shutdown of the reactors by january 2021. however, democratic party senior member and former prime minister yukio hatoyama sharply reacted to kan's remarks. hatoyama said it was agreed that kan would resign after reconstruction law passes and second supplementary budget plan is formulated, which is expected in about a month. secretary-general nobody te r rowirow ishihara called on kan to ishihara called on kan to resign as soon as possible, saying he will lose the trust of the international community. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says it has successfully lowered the temperature of the spent fuel pool in the number two reactor building. tokyo electric power company said on thursday that after it started operating a new cooling system on tuesday, the temperature in the number two pool quickly dropped b

the rules were imposed after the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the canadian government said on monday it had confirmed the safety of japanese food as all the products it tested were below canada's radiation lilts. the agricultural ministry said canada had demanded documents to verify the safety of all products imported from fukushima, ibaraki and ten other prefectures. canada is the first country to remove the restrictions, but 40 nations and territories continue to restrict food imports from japan following the nuclear accident. the ministry will urge the nations and territories still maintaining restrictions to make scientific judgments based on the results of radiation monitoring. >>> we focus today on china's inlaind areas, central china and especially the city of wuhan has been undergoing a rapid economic transformation, situated at the geographic crossroads between major cities so it has been developing to serve as the hub for china's next generation high speed rail network. the high speed rail lines are the longest, covering 8,000 kilomete

a system to decontaminate radioactive water has gone into service at the fukushima daiichi plant. the system is considered key to deal with the build up to bring the reactors under control. the tokyo electric power company activated the system on friday after conducting final test runs. the utility found water leaking from one of the systems four components forcing the test runs to be called off on thursday. tepco found out that the valve in the pipes were mistakenly closed and had clogged the water which damaged the safety valve in one of the units. the broken valve was replaced. now this is a battle against time and radioactive water is building up in the reactors' facilities as we speak. tepco hopes to decontaminate the water and recirculate the water. >>> tepco has drawn up a revised plan to set a target for cooling down the reactors. measure s control workers exposure was set. officials of tepco briefed reporters on friday. it was the utility's second review of the road map that was released in mid-april. under the plan, tepco says it hopes to cool the reactors by decontamina

health surveys of its residents with estimates on the spread of radioactive substances from the fukushima daiichi plant. the fukushima prefectural government is scheduled to conduct the research for more than 2 million residents of the prefecture. some experts say the level of residents' external radiation exposure cannot be estimated precisely as no radiation data immediately after the march 11th accident is available due to blackouts at the plant. the government's nuclear disaster task force says it will provide data from its computer forecasting system called speedy. speedy predicts the spread of radioactive substances based on the levels observed in each area, and forecasts of wind and other weather conditions. the system will be used to calculate radiation within areas of 20 kilometers of the plant between march 12th and 18th. the nuclear industrial safety agency says the residents' exposure levels for the week will be clarified to a certain extent by combining the presumed radiation levels and a survey of their activities. >>> tepco has held its first shareholder meeting since the crisis be

. >>> tokyo electric power company, the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant says it skipped testing the plant's water types as scheduled. on monday, tepco was forced to suspend a water recycling operation due to leaks. the utility began running the filtering system on monday, but it had to halt the operation after only 90 minutes as the treated water was leaking from pipes that were not fastened properly. the system is designed to recycle contaminated water to be used to cool the reactors. the operator says it failed to check the four kilometers of piping because it did not find any problem during an inspection more than two weeks ago. the company says it will review that decision. circulating the decontaminated water around the reactors is considered an important step in stabilizing them by mid-july as planned. it will also help prevent the volume of waste water from increasing. tepco says it will repair the leaks and hopes to resume the water circulation soon. >>> an operator of waste incineration plants in eastern tokyo says it has found a high concentration of radioactiv

the locations include the fukushima daiichi and daini plants. the nuclear safety agency has given the utilities one month to implement safety measures. >>> china says it will invite firms from japan's disaster-stricken regions to its biggest trade fair to support the country's reconstruction. commerce secretary or rather commerce ministry spokesman yao jian made the statement wednesday. a special zone will be set up for japanese firms at the fair in guangzhou and in act. imports from japan have risen less than 10% year on year since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. falling imports of automotive parts and electronic goods have affected not only japanese firms operating in china, but also chinese firms. chinese plan is seen as supporting not just japan's reconstruction but curbing the impact of the disaster on its own economy. >>> the 21-member asia-pacific economic cooperation forum plans to discuss corporate disaster management when they meet in the japanese city of sendai in august. the city is close to the disaster zone. the meeting is s

the disaster at the fukushima daiichi has spread radio activity beyond the evacuation zone. medical experts and scientists held a meeting in tokyo to address their concerns. >> reporter: doctors and radiation scientists gathered in tokyo to share their knowledge. nearly 150 people were at the meeting. they are concerned, how much danger are we in? what can i do to protect my health? some spoke about the unease that they are experiencing. he had to leave his home about 33 kilometers from the nuclear plant. >> officials visited the village and all they told us is that the area is generally safe. that could mean it is safe so we won't do anything. now they say they will carry out tests in the area. i hope they will take action based on the results. >> reporter: they say that the radiation is too low to cause problems in the short term but say that they have a limited understanding of how prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation will affect human health. the doctor pointed out that the japanese government hasn't given detailed instructions on radiation exposure. he's a membe

this is the on of yumoto, 25 miles away from the fukushima daiichi plant.t's always been known as a sleepy resort town. now it's home away from home for workers battling the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. men like truck driver this man, father of two, left the safety of his home for a six month stint at fukushima daiichi. $150 a day. >> i'm not proud of the way i've lived. so i'm trying to be better. >> reporter: buses pick the men up at 6:45 a.m. then a one hour ride in sweltering heat to the nuclear plant part of a team that sorts radioactive garbage at fukushima daiichi. he says when i started i was really scared. i still am. 3-4 hours is the limit. it's so hot you wouldn't last longer than that. coworker isaotoda, a computer programmer. he quit his job when he spotted a help wanted aid. the wo een crueling. >> it's hard to breathe with the mask on, he says, when your nose is running or iy you can't take it off. his parent's no matter what. his parents survived the other than catastrophe, the bombing of hiroshima. since i was a child my parents

. >>> at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, leaking water is threatening to decontaminate highly radioactive water, key to bringing the plant under control. tokyo electric power company or tepco had been planning to start full operation of the water treatment system on friday. it has been carrying out test runs. but a u.s. made device to remove radioactive materials mainly cesium stopped running on thursday. the utility company says it's examining the cause and trying to fix the problem, but it adds that suspension may delay full scale operation of the water treatment system. the highly radioactive water is building up at a rate of 500 tons a day as freshwater is being poured onto the reactors to cool them down. the main facility to store radioactive water reached capacity on thursday and any delay in launching the treatment system could cause contaminated water to overflow in about ten days. water treatment system is a precondition of the company's plan to bring the plant under control. it intends to use the treated water to cool down the reactors. tepco announced the plan to so

. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant will begin to cover the number one reactor building with polyester sheets this month to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances. reactor buildings one, three and four were severely damaged by explosions and radioactive elements are still being released into the atmosphere. there are fears that heavy rain may hamper the workers' activities and that the rain water may become contaminated with radioactive materials. to prevent these situations, tokyo electric power company or tepco plans to enclose the reactor buildings with polyester sheets. the covering of the number one reactor building will begin later this month. the roughly one millimeter thick sheets will be attached to the steel frames of the 54-meter-high building. >> translator: i think it's thick for a sheet. it will prevent the release of

now tepco doesn't just have to worry about keeping fukushima daiichi's volatile reactors cool. it also needs to stabilize the spent fuel rods at the nuclear plant. it appears to be making progress on that front. the utility says the new cool system for the number three reactor spent fuel storage pool should be functional in a week. as we've been telling you, the march 11th accident crippled the cooling mechanisms that control reactors number one through four and their fuel storage pools. tepco has been working to install systems that will chill water and circulate it inside those pools. the utility maintains it restored full and stable cooling functions for the number two reactor's pool in late may. work to install a similar cooling system for the number three reactor was completed wednesday. a test run is scheduled for thursday. but tepco hasn't been as successful with the number four reactor spent fuel pool. a hydrogen explosion in march damaged water pipes that are connected to it. the company is reviewing its installation plan. workers entered the fifth floor of the number

the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says it has detected high levels of the radioactive substance that tends to accumulate in human bones. tokyo electric power company made the announcement after analyzing soil samples taken on may 9th at the relocations about 500 meters from the number one and number two reactors. the utility detected up to 480 becquerels of radioactive strontium per kilogram of soil. it was higher than what was detected in the soil during the cold war era. this is the second time since april this has been found inside the plant compound. the substance was also detected in soil and plants more than 30 kilometers from the fukushima nuclear power station in march. tokyo electric power says it believes it was released from the damaged plant and it will continue to monitor radiation levels. >>> a team from the international atomic energy agency will submit a summary of its report to the japanese government on wednesday after concluding its investigation into the nuclear disaster in fukushima. the 18 member team inspected the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclea

on thursday we'll look at the psychological impact of the accident at the fukushima daiichi. people living near the nuclear plant have plenty of concerns about radiation. we travel with japanese and u.s. doctors who are trying to help them. >>> we now turn to the high stakes political story that's playing out here in japan. even though prime minister kan survived a no confidence motion that could have cost him his job he's still facing an uncertain future. the opposition tried to get rid of him on thursday because it says he mishandled the aftermath of the march 11 disaster. while kan's ruling democratic party pulled together to defeat the motion, some members now want him to quit as soon as possible. >> tensions ran high on thursday as democrats tried to decide whether or not to support the no-confidence motion. earlier in the day, kan held a meeting with former prime minister yukio hatoyama who had been push for his resignation. the two had reached an agreement. at a gathering before the vote the prime minister indicated his intention to step down after achieving some degre

that's what the iaea is saying at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they praised the response at the plant as exemplary. the power plant was badly damaged after a quake triggered a tsunami in march. >>> former bosnia serb commander is now awaiting charges at the hague. he's facing war crimes of the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in 1995. >>> after 16 days in space, shuttle" endeavour" is back on earth. nasa's 30-year shuttle program will come to an end after the launch of "atlantis" in the coming weeks. those are the headlines. "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning, from cnn london, i'm nina december santos. >> good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens and you're watching "world business today." the top stories this wednesday, australia suffers its biggest economic squeeze in 20 years after severe flooding soaks the mining industry. >>> mixed fortunes in the tech sector. apple had its head in the data cloud wu nokia is feeling under the weather. >>> and doubts, mistakes and regrets. not many ceos are big enough to admit them

levels and exceeding the legal limit even outside the exclusion zone surrounding the stricken fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. others away from reactor number one in particular city radiation levels are much higher than already believed it to be three. and coming up we have all the details. colonel gadhafi pledges he'll never leave libya as he faces off against a chess grandmaster in the devastated capital tripoli meanwhile nato steps up its offensive end eclairs it's expanding operations against libya's government but a fact finding mission on the ground is questioning the alliances methods. that were patients there who had that look like they came from a very specialized weapons and so the issue of the exactly what weapons are being used here is also of great importance to the pentagon says it can't find six point six billion dollars of its money meant for iraq reconstruction even after a lengthy investigation. six am in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r t our top story a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater in seawater samples near the japan's fukush

levels far exceeding the legal limit even outside the exclusion zones throughout in the stricken fukushima daiichi nuclear plant traces of the element strontium said to cause bone cancer and leukemia also been found in iowa also a concentration near the plant. sticking with the fukushima disaster on the kaiser report coming up max and stacey compare the meltdown at the power station to what's happening in world markets stay with us. i am extra eyes are this is the kaiser report the eco eco disaster the ecological disaster the economic disaster it's all tied together here at the end of time as we know it stays here over max yes everybody keeps on being baffled and surprised remember we did an episode dedicated to wall street was baffled by all the economic data coming out showing things are worse than what they say it is and everybody has said it's been a financial and economic melt down well i have a new phrase for you it's melt through and i think this is what we have actually been experiencing is economic melt through well i think i just pick up on the star second because remember after the init

yesterday, tepco acknowledged 15,000 more tons were being removed and put into storage at the fukushima daiichi plant. >> sony and nintendo lost ground and they scrambled to recover from attacks on hackers. the attack on nintendo seems to be less serious than the sony playstation security breach. >>> looking ahead, opec's gathering in vienna could be the petroleum group's most contentious in years. it faces pressure to respond to triple digit oil prices. >>> back here at home, apple ceo and co-founder steve jobs makes a big return from medical leave to deliver a keynote speech in california. a new operating system and cloud computing service are expected to be among today's highlightings. >>> and finally, the average penny pincher has nothing on one man in utah who's been cited for disorderly conduct after paying a disputed medical bill with 2500 pennies. he now faces a fine of $140, or 14,000 pennies. >>> coming up from ejections to players. a wild night in the diamondbacks-nationals game. and miami's lebron james hammers home game three of the nba finals. your early morning sports headlines a

session was held to discuss a nuclear safety, based on the lessons from the accident at the fukushima daiichi power plant. some delegates said it's not appropriate to study universal safety measures based on the fukushima disaster. they said the accident was a special case, as the plant was hit by tsunami more than double the predicted height. other delegates stressed the importance of stricter safety procedures to prevent nuclear plants from completely losing their backup power sources. >> we will get to friday, and then we will come out with conclusions, and we look forward to a concrete action plan for the future as to how we can take these lessons forward and implement them on a global way. >> however, rifts are emerging between the nuclear and non-nuclear countries on how to improve safety. attention is focused on whether the iaea member nations will be able to overcome their differences and come up with specific measures. >>> earlier, government representatives of germany and switzerland have called for tougher safety regulations to prevent nuclear power plant accidents. both government

however, in the wake of the accident at japan's fukushima daiichi power plant, berlusconi stopped his plan in an attempt to avoid the referendum. with the fukushipuck shifukushit leaking radioactive substances into the air and sea, people living in the northeast are getting more and more anxious. governments are releasing data daily showing radiation levels are safe. but not everyone is convinced. >>> nhk provides updates on airborne radiation levels every day. the bulletins are based on data collected by local governments. this man pays attention to the news, but he also checks radiation levels online. he's the father of two elementary school-aged children. he and his family live in a city about 65 kilometers from fukushima daiich i. they're out of the evacuation zone, but sometimes they experience the same measurements found in the no-go areas. he's frustrated because officials haven't released radiation readings for his neighborhood. so he's not taking any chances. to protect his children, he keeps their bedroom windows closed. he also blocks ventilation openings with plastic wrap.

. >> japanese have to change because at fukushima daiichi plant, it caused other plants to shut down for safety checks. >> they ordered energy use be slashed 15% this morning and they asked office buildings to keep air-conditioning to a minimum. escalators have been turned off. the carmakers is shifting work to weekends when energy usage is at its lowest. >> a new reality could extend beyond the summer months. >>> they will greet delegates from 80 countries with two weeks of climate talks that begin in germany today. greenhouse gases are hitting record highs. despite the expansion of renewal energy around the world. carbon emissions last year was 5% more than the previous record set in 2008. also the nuclear crisis in japan is forcing that country to sideline it's aggressive policies to combat climate change. >> in just six short years, california has reached a milestone when it comes to recycling electronic waste. the state has disposed one billion pounds of e-waste. california was the first state to pass an e-waste recycling bill, since then 24 states have followed. but california

> the government is conducting an experiment by planting rice in an evacuation zone near the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. an ago kult tural research center planted it. the government asked residents it to evacuate the area and halt agricultural activities. an average of 10,000 becquerels of cesium per kilogram of soil had been found in tests up to 15 centimeters below ground. after the most contaminated topsoil was removed, the figure fell to an average of 2600 becquerels per kilogram. the government will harvest the rice in october and test it for radioactive contamination. >>> "newsline's" new segment nuclear watch kicks off this wednesday. every thursday night at 8:00 and 11:00 and friday mornings at 8:00 japan time. >>> a policy bill on the rebuilding of northeastern areas struck by the march 11th earthquake and tsunami has passed the diet. the bill passed the upper house on monday with support from the governing democratic party and the opposition liberal democratic party along with approval from members of a number of other parties. the legislation lays out tenets for the estab

levels far exceeding the legal limit even outside the exclusion zone surrounding the stricken fukushima daiichi nuclear plant traces of the elements strontium said because bone cancer and leukemia have also been found in high concentration levels near the plant. the pentagon says it can't find six point six billion dollars of money meant for iraq reconstruction even after a lengthy investigation officials in baghdad threatened legal action to claim the funds that come from the country's seen these assets and oil well. coming up when thrill seeking turns deadly with unstoppable force of nature special report next. the koehler peninsula in russia's north home to the q.b. massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi's would pass the snow here between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and skis could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends

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that's the destruction of the fukushima daiichi plant and the impact that it's having. certainly they say necessity is the mother of invention. and what people are having to do to deal with the circumstances they dealt with. >> interesting stuff, change is coming to japan and certainly they are necessary right now. thank you so much. >>> you know this story, the wise men in the bible? how many wise men were there in the bible? >> i always thought there were three. >> that's not right. i just found this out this morning. did you know, folks, there were not three wise men and they didn't show up to bring something to baby jesus. all right, don't take my word for this. i have a scholar here who is going to explain that what you think is in the bible is not really there. that is in our "faces of faith" coming up. we could've gone a more traditional route... ... but it wouldn't have been nearly as memorable. ♪ sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case,

officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here and watch higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the ground is really pretty quiet tonight micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and a lot of it collected the radiation will quickly jumped out and it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than a wildly accepted level of state relations. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese government has had to be creative with the numbers but the government did they change the redish a quantum level down by the levels from one. to twenty million. twenty times. the standards before the accident and now. they raise the. the standard so that they can say it's safe but actually the standard has changed the new higher levels mean tha

. >>> the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant has announced detailed plans to filter 100,000 tochbs water contaminated with highly radioactive substances. tepco reported how it intends to proceed with the job to the nuclear and industrial safety agency on thursday. about 500 tochbs contaminamid water is accumulating daily within the reactor structures due to continued injections of fresh water to cool the facilities. tepco plans to decontaminate 1200 tons of the water daily. the power company says it will separate oil from contaminated water before transferring it to u.s.-made equipment that absorbs radioactive cesium using minerals like zeolite. the water will then be transferred to french-made equipment that absorbs radioactive substances using chemicals. tepco says the devices will reduce the concentration of radioactive substances in the water to 1 thousandth to 1 ten-thousandth of the level. the firm plans to on stain the c -- obtain the consent of the agency filtering and then start operations around next wednesday. tepco says it will use facilities at the plant to store highl

more tons of radioactive water were being removed and moved into a temporary storage at its fukushima daiichi power plant. >>> gaming giant sony and nintendo lost ground as they scrambled to recover from attacks by hackers. the attack on nintendo appears to be significantly less serious than sony's recent playstation security breach. >>> looking ahead, wednesday's opec gathering in vienna could be the petroleum group's most contentious in years. the organization faces an internal divide over pressure to respond to triple digit oil prices. >>> back here at home apple ceo and co-found other steve jobs makes a big return from medical leave to deliver the keynote speech at apple's developers conference in california. a new operating system and cloud computing service are expected to be among today's highlights. >>> finally, the average penny pincher has got nothing on this guy in ewes utah who has been sited for disorderly conduct after paying a disputed medical bill worth 2,500 pennies. he now faces a fine of $140 or, of course, 14,000 pennies. >>> well, in health news this morning, millions of

melt within about two hours of hearing that they'd lost complete cooling of the reactors at fukushima daiichi they were it was inevitable and tecla knew this and you saw the japanese regulators knew this and the entire global nuclear industry russian government u.s. government british government the i.a.e.a. we all knew that nuclear fuel would melt if you lose cooling capacity of operating reactors that all took place within hours of the earthquake and tsunami and it's taken two now three months for some of this information to be officially confirmed by the government the situation is not under control at the site and as you said and you heard from your reporter there is huge contamination problems on the site which direction for the releases into the environment ok please explain then what those threats are now if the situation really could be as bad as people suggest what could the consequences be now well the first thing is that the explosions that took place in the first days they released a large amount to redo activity perhaps ninety percent of it ended into that entered into the pacifi

melt through japan admits so the molten nuclear fuel in three reactors one two and three at the fukushima daiichi power plant is likely to have burned through pressure vessels not just the core according to a report japan just gave to the international atomic energy agency. so it is the first time japanese authorities have admitted the possibility that the fuel suffered melt through a more serious than ario they core melt down now let's go to the economic melt through we're seeing in the rest of the world we need an evil plan to for oil our own leaders what one second on the financial meltdown and for a second you mentioned the top go tokyo electric power company they bought off the regulators this is what happens when you let private companies do something that the government should be doing and up with this huge catastrophe and melt through and of course they're totally silent about and so is the media so too in the financials fear you had a complete meltdown in two thousand and eight when hank paulson went to congress to get two hundred seven hundred fifty billion dollars but because the regul