nuclear power plant. let's see that first. at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant power supply was stopped at the time of quake. so, the plant has been out of power since the quake hit the region. so today, we are trying to restore the power supply using the power lines from outside and this is one of the high priority issues we have to address. of course, the top priority is to cool down the storage pool for nuclear -- for spent nuclear fuels for number three, number four units. so the second priority is to restore power supply in part of this operation will start this afternoon. once we get power supply, and then we will be able to operate a cooling system using sea water. but it will take time to restore the function of the main part of the facilities because the pumps were contaminated by sea water and it must be repaired before -- so we have to install the makeshift -- or temporary pumps to resume supply of water. >>> translator: so we will set up a temporary cooling system, which is capable of operating with sea water. regarding nu

by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> nuclear experts in japan are still battling to prevent a meltdown at the fukushima power plant. concerns are growing about a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the reactor complex. workers are using all means possible to cool the reactors that were damaged in the earthquake. the plant had to be evacuated temporarily at one point due to high levels of radiation. >> dense clouds of stream rose from the fukushima nuclear plant on wednesday. but the fire in reactor four was of less concern to the authorities than a possible fracture to the containment vessel of reactor three. partial meltdown likely occurred in at least one of the six reactors. the biggest fear is that the molten mass could penetrate the steel hull and release regular active material into the environment. radioactivity levels have fluctuated at the plant. the 50 or so workers remaining inside were temporarily evacuated at one point to protect their health. an attempt to send helicopters in to douse the reactors was broken off. now officials are considering cooling the reactors with water cannons. a spok

fears grow of a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power ant in japanfter a second explosion at the damaged facility. fuel rods and another reactor in fukushima are the u.n. regular agency says no chain reaction is taking place there. japanese engineers are stepping up efforts to prevent a meltdown at the nuclear power plant damaged in last friday's earthquake. the fukushima plant has been hit by two explosions. the latest happened early on monday. rapidly falling water levels have expos fuel rods in another reactor, increasing the risk of a core meltdown. >> it's the third day of japan's nuclear crisis, and the situation at the fukushima power plant remains critical. now there has been a second explosion there. aerial footage shows two damaged reactor suctures. a surveillance camera captured the moment of the blast which blew apart the concrete building surrending the number three reactor. the japanese government says this was a hydrogen explosion. >> we assume that there was a similar explosion at the third reactor as the one that occurred at the first reactor. at this point, we can confi

either better joins me live from japan hello there i bet so if you are not far away from the fukushima nuclear plant what has happened is that. that's right around a hundred kilometers. we just. but this explosion took place in the reactor the. nuclear power plant number one but three actually. last twenty four hours that we watched. very good exposure just we don't know the full extent of the damage there yet but. it's. still. got so so i guess. the question there is. probably will try to fix that problem shortly and bring you back bring either back to you but let's move on for a moment pledging to stand shoulder to shoulder with talk it during the crisis a plane carrying russian rescue workers it's heading to pile with another g. to take on the country's far east on monday and there's a nuclear test explains russia is no stranger to dealing with the nuclear threat facing japan having first hand experience of the world's worst atomic disaster during the soviet era a playing field trip down memory lane alexander often goes to the thirty kilometer chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine but every v

the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant tepco is preparing to restore power source from outside. which was explained at the news conference. at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, the biggest trouble was that the tower collapsed an the power distribution panel and the facilities were submerged in water due to tsunami and they were broken. so attempts to cool down the nuclear fuel was no longer available. so that's the biggest trouble causing these issues. so tepco is trying to bring new cable from the tohoku electric power company's power transmission lines and they are going to replace the power transmission panels and at number one and number two reactors, they are going to restore and install necessary facilities by the end of the day. these are the fire engines on stand by to go to the plant. these fire engines seem to belong to the tokyo fire department. they are going to discharge water at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. as far as we can see on the screen, there are about ten fire engines standing by here. they are going to discuss safety measures with tepc

well as the situation at the a fukushima nuclear plant remains critical the threat of radioactive contamination continues to loom and could potentially affect not only japan but the a much wider area philip white from the citizens' nuclear information center says the danger of the ongoing crisis is its unpredictability. i think there is of the amount of radiation that we are where of now it's not a risk if there is a potential risk in future because this reactor is unstable who knows it could. the containment could be breached and large quantities of nuclear material could be released and if prevailing winds are blowing in the wrong direction it could go across asia or the east of russia but. the degree of the really extreme contamination in that scenario would be obviously. they'd be. limited area as in the case of chernobyl but. low levels of can't compare nation could spread over a long distance but we don't know that's going to happen we're trying to work but at this point in time you can't rule it out as a possibility this is one concern it's not it's not a case of a chain reaction in the

coming up later, japan's nuclear safety agency raises the accident alert levels at the fukushima nuclear plant saying the situation is serious. a nation remembers. japan holds a minute of silence for those who died in the earthquake and tsunami a week ago. ♪ the u.s. president barack obama has said the libyan leader colonel gaddafi must obey the u.n. demands or face military action. earlier, the libyan government announced an immediate ceasefire and promised to follow the u.n. resolution passed on thursday. he said colonel gaddafi had to stop all attacks on civilians, pull back his troops, and allow in humanitarian aid. >> now once more, muammar gaddafi has a choice. the resolution that passed lays out very clear conditions that must be met. the united states, the united kingdom, france, and arab states agree that a cease-fire must be implemented immediately. that means all attacks against civilians must stop. gaddafi must stop his troops from advancing on benghazi. he must pull them back from misurata and established water, gas, and electricity supplies to all areas. humanitarian assist

the smoke was detected from the unit number 3 over the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. give me the update, please. >> it's really difficult to see the inside of the reactor unit. it's very difficult to know the direct cause of the smoke. investigation and analysis will continue. and the irradiation level and the condition of the spent fuel storage fuel will be monitored in order to identify the cause of the smoke. >> kobayashi of tv asahi. about the government -- provisional government restriction level, this level was exceeded but no impact on human health. and what is the meaning, relevance of this government standard, government level? do you think this level should be kept? >> we now have this nuclear accident, and we are now required to control this situati situation. the radiation, release of the radiation must be constantly monitor monitored. so therefore, we have decided that the monitoring and the survey should be initiated if at certain levels of the radiation was detected. so potential impact on the human health will be monitored on an ongoing basis. but even

nuclear watch dog has decided to dispatch marine environment experts to fukushima to analyze sea water surrounding the troubled nuclear power plant. >> the situation remains very serious. it continues to be very serious. iaea is doing everything in por to help japan. >> a meeting of the international atomic energy agency in vienna wednesday agreed to spend the experts from the marine environmental laboratory in monaco this week. the decision follows a request by the japanese government. the iaea already sent 15 experts to japan to measure radiation levels in the air, food and soil in fukushima and the tokyo metropolitan area. it says it will provide more people as requested by the japanese government to examine the effects of the radiation leak. ai uchida is in studio to give us latest in business news. >> welcome to "newsline" business. tokyo stocks are hovering in a narrow range on thursday morning. investors are holding back from active trading to keep an eye on the impact of the recent disaster on corporate earnings. the nikkei ended the morning session at 9705, nearly unchanged fr

to protect residents shortly after the explosions at the fukushima nuclear plant the japanese government moved more than two hundred thousand people from a twenty kilometer exclusion zone around the conflicts but despite such measures the dad lee facts of nuclear emission to go much further. radioactive isotopes gotten into the atmosphere of forming radioactive clouds and a depends on the wind so far a little gold before poisonous rains will gone down but it will happen anyway. back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six after the chernobyl disaster in soviet crain clouds covered in two thousand kilometer distance and his days reach industry just caves in the north with contamination eventually extending as far west as an island. in the worst case scenario just about every country in the asia pacific region would be in fact lead including far eastern russia. if the wind is strong and blows to the worst both careers in china but if it is south western direction then thailand malaysia and mine more will suffer or indonesia in the philippines and if it's in the south russia's far use in th

fukushima reactor had been scheduled for retirement in just over two weeks' time. but critics have argued for years that an earthquake-prone country like japan should not maintain 54 active nuclear reactors. the poisonous smoke lingering over fukushima has led some here to wonder if they were right all along. celia hatten, cbs news, fukushima, japan. >> mitchell: japanese nuclear safety officials say that on a scale of 1-7, today's power plant explosion rates a 4, compared to a 5 for the 1979 three mile island accident in pennsylvania and a full 7 for the 1986 chernobyl disaster in the soviet union. elaine quijano has more on the safety wells today's events in japan are raising. >> reporter: experts agree-- the explosion at the fukushima nuclear power plant was most likely caused when a buildup of hydrogen gas ignited. but experts disagree on the potential danger now, even of a melted down. >> that danger is almost vanishingly small. if there was a danger of that, it would have been much more early on in, in the first hour or two after the reactors were shut down. >> reporter: lacy ford, with the industry lobbying group the world nuclear association, says reports that the reacto

japan has announced new orders on food produced in fukushima prefecture where the troubled nuclear power plant is located. naoto kan said not to consume some vegetables in fukushima. radiation were detected high in some samples. the government is instructing the public not to consume spinach, cabbage, broccoli and some other vegetables produced in fukushima for the time being. readings were given for leaf vegetables produced in the prefecture. the health ministry says radioactive siusium was detected. i ordered a halt to shipments of radish produced in fukushima as well as raw milk and parsley in the neighboring prefecture ibaraki. this follows measures suspending shipment of vegetables . here to tell us more about the latest instructions on vegetables and the possible affects on the human body is hideki. >> the prime minister announced he's suspending the shipment and intake of vegetables s suspected to be contaminated with radiation. what is your reaction? >> vegetables are not contaminated have been found one after another. if people are consuming them as they are possible health haza

tonight fears of a nuclear meltdown escalate with the threat of a second explosion in japan's fukushima atomic power plant out of them virgin sea alert declared another facility in the northeast it's believed that more than ten thousand people could have been killed in the gavel stating earthquake and resulting tsunami. also libyan state t.v. reports colonel gadhafi gains momentum when winning back more territories international calls grow for him to surrender power. that does mean it non-science eastern libya is making that very soon the town of benghazi will for you join me in a few moments formal. and in other news achieve the week pushing the reset button moscow and washington post ties and pledge to advance trade as the u.s. vice president met russia's leaders and opposition in moscow. even from moscow it's eleven pm here now you're watching the r.t. international news channel my name is kevin owen and the situation at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan remains grave tonight with persistent fears that the second blast could follow causing a radiation leak and this is the country

still to come on the program -- more worries in japan around the fukushima nuclear plant. one of the reactors could be damaged. the countries involved and the military coalition over libya have been financing a deal to transfer political control of their campaign -- finessing a deal to transfer political control of their campaign to nato. matthew price reports. >> slowly, but surely, it is being transferred to nato. command remains in the hands of the u.s., for now. but perhaps not for long. the uk and france have led this operation along with the west, but the americans are keen to hand over control as soon as possible. today, britain said they are making progress. >> netted has taken control of the new flight -- nato as taking control of the no-fly zone. they're also planning the command of the wider operation to protect the civilian population. >> after weeks of debate, there seems to be a unity of purpose. that is the impression you get just up the road at nato headquarters where diplomats are expecting, despite the details that need to be hammered out, that in the com

our top story now of course the cooling systems of two more reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan appear to be faltering it's this exact problem that's caused all the blast so far also a pool of spent nuclear fuel that the station is said to have reached a boiling point or fears of a nuclear meltdown have skyrocketed since the reactor blast down japan has reportedly now told the international atomic energy agency the facility is it releasing radioactive materials into the air and it is have been using seawater to cool the reactors two of them. a new pin meltdown increasing radiation levels being published the detective around the country. where we're now going to. be no one are officials saying about the rising levels of radiation in the capital . but of course at this point in this officials are trying to keep things under wraps and keep their problem so they are saying we very decent level. it would have been raised but not significantly and are not presenting any need to danger to residents of the japanese capital of course at the same but you have to remember that the

japan battles to get power back to the fukushima nuclear plant to prevent further explosions. smoke seen rising from reactor number two is in she's basically transferred still to the cooling system. for seeing gains across the board across the markets as well as a weakening down after we saw it strengthen to worrying levels that's in reaction to the g seven nations it's intervene in japan so for us the market more and that's and this is something. also those are in libya bracing for airstrikes from france and the u.k. is the u.n. security council backs a no fly zone to protect civilians. you get need a moment to be placing if you needed to tell me a ship if the base goes i hate would lead to intervention so we need a few moments from the capital city tripoli before and updates. bringing you news around the clock from around the world i match reza it's one pm in moscow you're watching our team the race is on to restore electricity to japan's stricken fukushima nuclear facility so workers can get their reactor cooling systems back on raw in japan has also increased the severity

. >>> traces of plutonium have been detected in soil samples from the compounds of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. the operator of the plant, tokyo electric power company, says the level detected is very low and does not pose a threat to human health. the government said it will conduct further monitoring to see its possible effects. >> translator: concentration of the detected plutonium is comparable to the environmental fallo fallout, it is comparable to the level that will be found in our environment. however, if you look at the types of plutonium, the composition is different from the general fallout. because of this we believe this plutonium is likely to come from the reactor. higher level of plutonium, we need to take additional measures, so our intention for now is to continue on with the monitoring on the site. >>> chief cabinet secretary edano also said the fact that plutonium was detected proves that fuel rods had temporarily melted down in the reactor and that this is a grave situation. he said the government is making all-out efforts to prevent further possible effects in

details come through to you while experts warning that radiation levels now are rising at the fukushima nuclear plant and there is a higher risk they are saying of a leak if the situation isn't resolved in the next few hours talked to robert jacobs is a professor of nuclear history and culture appear at ashima peace institute he told us that nuclear power stations are programmed to shut down during major earthquakes . but when the cooling system fails as apparently happened in one of the fukushima plants there should be other systems that other cooling systems that then kick in so in theory this is the kind of safety procedures that will avert any kind of any kind of event any kind of nuclear bed but of course one system can fail and other systems can fail as well so what happens with that with probably dangerous is that these reactors have shut down so they're no longer generating electricity but the cores remain very very hot and so those chorus need to be cool and if the core if the cooling systems fail then the temperature of the cores can rise and that can lead to a variety of different so

guy the term affected by the tsunami or even to new york just now is train ride away from the fukushima nuclear plant what is the latest on the situation there. renewed fears now of nuclear meltdown maybe because what prompted those fears was earlier. a second nuclear reactor. number one it's lost its ability to cool the the actual nuclear reactor that's now malfunctioning and what happens there is that inside the core the reactions keep still happening energy is produced and the temperatures is going out. there is that the it gets so hot. you know fortunately. please do bear with us we've lost the signal to over there as you can imagine communications are very difficult from to kind of the moment we've got a top quality satellite phone there obviously that doesn't seem to be working very well at the moment either maybe too much demand on the system will try and get back to him as and when we can a little bit later ok well russia is atomic agency says it needs further information about the situation at japan's fukushima nuclear plant that's despite close contact with the japanese crisis center

wants of another possible explosion at the fukushima nuclear plant and the government does not rule out a two time chilled meltdown we will radiation levels are on the rise of now exceeding four hundred times the norm in soft areas. it certainly isn't a global level of violence that would normally marriage intervention but some western states paint a different picture of the situation in libya calling for a no fly zone and seeking a possible military intervention investigate the real situation in the country. lifting the wii south to new heights the u.s. vice president visits moscow backing the bid for russia's world trade organization membership. coming to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching our teeth thanks for joining us now japanese officials are warning of new threats in the country well they fear there's a risk of another explosion at the fukushima power plant but remain confident it can withstand a blast like the first reactor did on saturday well the government is also saying that the second reactor in fukushima could be experiencing a partial meltdown meanwhile

since second explosion of japan's fukushima nuclear power plant already crippled by last week's devastating earthquake and the tsunami eleven people have been injured in the blast but the reactors core reportedly remains intact. japanese officials say some two thousand bodies have been found in the miyagi district following friday's massive earthquake and tsunami the findings will significantly increase the number of dead which currently stands at eighteen hundred. and emergency officials are on high alert in russia's foreign eastern southern region that's close to japan's border concerned about the threat of nuclear contamination. coming to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our developing story japanese officials are reassuring locals that radiation levels be a focal sheen one number one power plant are within the legal limits lock to one hundred sixty people could have been exposed to radiation following two explosions up the facility in northeastern or japan along monday morning a second explosion there injured eleven people within a twe

also japan resumes efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after work was suspended for an unexplained small commissions. plus belgium is frozen without a government does dispute between two major communities needs an expert is that if could spread across europe. world news twenty four seven you're watching our tape of the program fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in tripoli as international coalition forces continue to bombard libya the country's government says further civilian casualties occurred for the third day of allied airstrikes troops and a lot of the b. of the colonel gadhafi are reportedly attacking rebel strongholds in the west as are some supporters. well in the later is coalition is strikes in libya and naval bases and key libyan airports were hit we're hearing from a government spokesperson as to sit with him here in tripoli that number of people were killed in what he says was a civilian airport in the city of search and certainly state television here has been reporting nonstop many people have been killed many people h

breaking news at this hour at least four people have been injured following an explosion at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in japan the roof of the reactor collapse of the extent of the damages on no but they're on fears of a possible meltdown if only as friday's record eight point nine magnitude quake and resulting tsunami difference the number of deaths in japan stands at more than seven hundred reports claiming thousands on the set. of our welcome to you this is aussie live from moscow well first it was one of the world's strongest earthquake then a devastating tsunami now japan faces a nuclear catastrophe an explosion at the fukushima power plant means it's now facing complete meltdown he's either bennett has the latest from take a. here here now is the spread of radiation in the atmosphere and. these concerns is that why not one nuclear reactor but to now be evacuation area area around a second nuclear reactor number two has been extended to ten kilometers that reactor has been under a state of emergency for the last few hours because since the cooling system was knocked out after the ear

by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> nuclear experts in japan are still battling to prevent a meltdown at the fukushima power plant. concerns are growing about a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the reactor complex. workers are using all means possible to cool the reactors that were damaged in the earthquake. the plant had to be evacuated temporarily at one point due to high levels of radiation. >> dense clouds of stream rose from the fukushima nuclear plant on wednesday. but the fire in reactor four was of less concern to the authorities than a possible fracture to the containment vessel of reactor three. partial meltdown likely occurred in at least one of the six reactors. the biggest fear is that the molten mass could penetrate the steel hull and release regular active material into the environment. radioactivity levels have fluctuated at the plant. the 50 or so workers remaining inside were temporarily evacuated at one point to protect their health. an attempt to send helicopters in to douse the reactors was broken off. now officials are considering cooling the reactors with water cannons. a spok

radiation levels at the fukushima nuclear site are said to be 400 times the legal limit. the operator says that meltdown is now possible. japanese prime minister warn those within 20 kilometers to evacuate immediately. this is bbc news. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of bbc world news online. >> funding was made possible by, freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank.

place and citizens i pointed out the fact japan's nuclear industries also in private hands has led to accusations profits were put before safety fukushima's owner already has a questionable past with a history of falsifying safety records at the site back in the eighty's i think we also have to review the idea of privatized nuclear power because private means cutting corners and i think we're watching those corners being cut today what we'd like to see is the government take over these. these nuclear reactors from private corporations because private corporations name for existing is due next emerged profits and by next amazing profits in the nuclear sector we're talking you know we're in my eyes new concerns but we can see it and last private investors may be needed to get the ball rolling it's the other way around if things go wrong i think it's we're going to be inevitable in the state will take over in order to contain these plants will probably need to be covered with concrete and sand much like normal was and i think the state will take over responsibility for the. i think whether the state does it or private companies do it it's ve

as germany's authorities trying to deal with the danger of a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant international nuclear experts say hopeful the situation is stabilizing russia's atomic agency also says however there's not yet enough information to be full it certain about the reaction safety meanwhile emergency services are on high alert in russia's far east a region close to northern japan. is in the area. michel's insofar you say that radiation levels remain normal in russia spore is ever since then you can have whole plant in fukushima was hit by an explosion they've been wanted to levels closely we can even check the radiation levels for ourselves this is the so-called geiger counter this is used in professional say cynical water trays by the emergences ministry and also by other specialized services it measures radiation levels around and it is showing is jumping between two and three micros where our these is way less than the average in moscow for example and also has a comparison a passenger flying on a plane from moscow to vladivostok receives as many as twenty two microns

well the nonstop coverage of the problems that japan's fukushima nuclear plant is causing panic in some parts of america despite assurances that we face no danger from radiation cloud correspondent ramon glenda looks at the coverage and how the nuclear preparedness business is booming right now. he's alert three counties officials now warning of a possible meltdown one hundred seventy thousand people have been evacuated or hearing of multiple explosions he could trigger a worst case scenario a full blown meltdown meltdown meltdown fears of a nuclear catastrophe in japan are being shared by people on america's west coast up and down california we've been getting reports of people taking extra precautions in case a radioactive cloud is able to make it a couple thousand miles across the pacific people have been stockpiling these iodine pills in order to protect their bodies from radioactive exposure now one of those people that is taking that extra precaution we met at a health food store this is aaron gonzales now tell us why you felt that it was so necessary to go out and buy these pills

nuclear meltdown fears grow in japan after another blast of the fukushima power plant and it's not just reactors that respond to our fire an explosion way huge a fuel rolled so on balance. will force you say radiation levels near one of the reactors are dangerous to human health reports one of the new containment levels protecting one of the reactors has been down and around seem to be callous and. up an evacuation from the surrounding area. i will force you to have confirmed nearly two thousand five hundred people dead so far and more than seventeen thousand are the so called quake and devastating tsunami that hit northeastern japan on friday. countries around the world all the help to japan is by natural and manmade catastrophes some experts say this is another example of how mankind are unable to have been for progress in science sizing the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and turning up. a very well conceived this is our sea life from moscow i know i said it's japan's prime minister has addressed the nation is fears intensified about a possible nuclear power plant strong ai last frid

ground zero is unrecognizable the city would escape any radiation from a meltdown at fukushima but there is a nuclear plant close by and the incident has left residents living in fear. but that. people cannot assert here hiroshima are very sensitive to the incident in fukushima we've never experienced such a devastating nuclear arsenal before and i think everyone is never free this could happen again i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before but now it is in c. it's not under control so this memorial represents the water crave by so many after the explosion the basins tranquility a far cry from the destruction wrought by the tsunami that has done its damage this place reminds us the ripples from a radioactive disaster extend generations. and it's something. some international using brief now and israel's former president moshe katsav has been sentenced to seven years in jail for sexual offenses he was found guilty of raping a female employee ten years minister of tourism and sexually harassing two other former workers well it's rights groups in israel welcomed the verdict saying that workplace abus

japan resumes efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after work was suspended for an unexplained smooth conditions. there and online you're watching our take it's twelve noon in moscow welcome to the program. explosions. have been heard in tripoli overnight as international coalition forces. leave yet the country's state's television is reporting further civilian casualties with. strikes. across developments for us. well in the latest coalition air strikes libyan naval bases and key libyan airports were hit we're hearing from the government spokesperson as to sit with him here in tripoli and number of people were killed in what he says was a civilian airport in the city of search and certainly state television here has been reporting nonstop that many people have been killed and many people have been injured in these latest a strikes rebel leaders in the east of the country have been meeting with members of representatives of the united nations in the city of to brooke and there are discussing humanitarian concerns and the latest humanitarian effo

japan resumes efforts to stabilize the damage reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plants the work was suspended for the unexplained smooth conditions. as japan struggles to regain control over the fukushima nuclear plant hit by the recent earthquake experts from around the world all the greats in the future with atomic energy welty talked to one of russia's leading scientists in the industry about the challenges it's now faces. japan's nuclear disaster continues sending shock waves throughout the globe the cations right now joined by one of fascist leading nuclear experts strong back thank you very much for your time sir now many experts have already kind of pared the focus to the chernobyl plateau how the progress of these comparisons is in your view. in my opinion the entire atomic energy community believes there will not be a global catastrophe global background radiation will certainly increase today's rise is related to a yield of relatively short lived isotopes like bison. and noble gases which will decay relatively quickly now the key issue is whether they managed to contai

reactor at the fukushima blondel that would mean that radiation would be spreading in waves and these region of russia is the closest would be the closest to the epicenter of the nuclear tragedy usual surprise where we are now is only six hundred miles away from fukushima and russia's coral islands are some two hundred miles now people of course have been. morris about the latest news and they've been closely monitoring reports on t.v. in the beginning there were afraid of another natural disaster he's seeing the close use the civilians what they are afraid of now is as a part of possibility of radiation contamination and they've been calling emergencies ministry of the line is almost always easy and trying to find out what preventive measures could be taken many told me that as they watch news reports they can't believe their eyes that these disaster in the bush team is unfolding so close in such a vicinity to russia even in the beginning shortly after the earthquake and tsunami in japan they were mostly appraised of a natural disaster which could hit i think the northeastern coast of russia they are afraid of another chernobyl now which could happen close to their h

to protect transit in shortly after the explosions at the fukushima nuclear plant the japanese government moved more than two hundred thousand people to twenty kilometers. emissions and there are a complex but despite such measures again adly facts of nuclear emission could go nashbar there. either as lord radioactive isotopes go up into the atmosphere or forming radioactive clouds and it depends on the winds how far of all gold before poisonous rains will pour down what will happen anyway would it back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six after the chernobyl disaster in salvi cheap crane clouds covered in two thousand kilometer distance and his days reaching this swedish case in the north with contamination eventually extending as far west as britain and ireland in the worst case scenario today just about every country in the asia pacific region who'd be a fact it including far east and russia. if the wind is strong and blows from the west they'll be both koreas in china but if it's a south western direction then tile in malaysia and mine more or suffer war in asia in the philippines

japan resumes after stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after a bomb was planted following unexplained smoke coming soon. also belgium is frozen without a government thousand dispute between major ethnic communities continues to be experts predict that the risk could spread false and all of your. regard to live from moscow it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in tripoli libya where fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard as international coalition forces continue to go on barbara contrary the government says further civilian casualties occurred following a third day of allied airstrikes meanwhile troops loyal to the libyan leader colonel gadhafi have reportedly attacking rebel strongholds in the west as artie's also they are now reports well in the latest coalition is strikes to libyan naval bases and key libyan a ports was hit we're hearing from the government. brought him here in tripoli that number of people were killed in what he says was a civilian airport in the city of set and certainly state television here has been reporting non

japan titles to get power back to the fukushima nuclear plant to prevent further explosions. smoke seen rising from reactor number two she was in she's basically transfers the power to the cooling system and world watches as because she misspeak breasts in the end of a few dozen volunteers struggling to keep the plan from a complete their meltdown. asian markets seem gains after reacting positively to b.g. sevenths announcement that they will intervene in the currency market of japan more this summer this is something. and libya bracing for airstrikes from france and the u.k. as the u.n. security council backs and no fly zone to protect civilians. eleven am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t the race is on to restore electricity to japan's stricken fukushima nuclear plant so that workers can get the reactor cooling systems back on line it's been a week now since the country was rocked by its worst ever earthquake triggering a tsunami and a disaster that's left thousands of people dead or missing or better has more from japan. right now they're still try

seventy five people now reported dead tonight as major concern too over the damage caused to the fukushima nuclear plant the pressure inside the reactor building is rising say officials are raising fears of a radiation leak in japan's nuclear safety agency is really saying that to reduce the pressure of radioactive great progress being released that does not pose a danger to the public right now or across these events minute by minute for you looking at the news wires and talking to our correspondents and soon as we know more we'll bring you those details you can also follow the story of course at r.t. dot com page i'll be back with more news for you in a quarter of an hour's time let's catch up on all the sports unions here next. thanks kevin and welcome to sports today i mean you know me these are headlines of this. league lift off the longest ever russian football season gets underway on software day with a firecracker draw between. the pick of the action. texas titans the moderates and you are three game winning run with another dominant display against the knicks in dallas. muster in kiel cus

japan's prime minister statements that are substantial amount of radiation was leaking from the fukushima nuclear power plant. its best sea of red in europe on the back of an exulting that swept across tokyo in the aftermath of another explosion at the troubled for the sheema nuclear plant frankest texas regaining some losses and large time trading but is still losing just over four percent and would say is now. car behind down two percent the south. and here in russia both the r.t.s. and the miles itself the government tracking global also soft and largely ignoring the japanese crisis on monday energy shares and losing ground on decreasing oil prices let's have a look at some individual show moves most banking shares are down bulls burbank and peter would be leading the full both are down the last three percent on the mite so it's bucking the trend as draws clinical around two percent of the r.t.s. that's after a russian metal holding metal you first started close to buy shares in russia's largest nickel mining company. and in order to support the japanese financial system the country's central

panic selling that swept across tokyo in the aftermath of another explosion at the troubled fukushima nuclear power. frank has doubts the slumping more than five percent of the fitzy is not part behind with a two point seven percent loss this hour and here in russia both the r.t.s. in the minds of have been have begun tracking global losses after largely ignoring the chip these prices and monday energy shares are losing ground on decreasing oil prices let's now have a look at some individual share moves most banking shares are down those who are buying friend feed should be leading the fall both down the road three percent on my sets the trend just rules to nickel slightly are on the softer russian special holding mittal invest so the plans to buy shares in russia's largest nickel mining company. that's not the business bulletin join me in less than one asked for more business news. down here for sure t r we can use your body for one pod touch for me.

why from moscow hide levels of radiation have reached tokyo following the accident at japan's fukushima nuclear plant people in the capital have been told not to drink tap water the country's struggle to resolve its nuclear crisis has again been stalled with workers out the fukushima plant evacuated after black smoke emerge from one of its reactors. is in the japanese capital. another setback for the shut down operation at fukushima workers had to be withdrawn once smoke began billowing from one of the reactors for fear of contamination now this time it's reactor number three perhaps the most dangerous of the lot because it operates on plutonium plutonium has a much longer half life than you raney and i never ever to get out into the environment would be a very expensive and very difficult cleanup operation there's of course more orders being my last few days of very steady progress the engineers have managed to connect up all of the reactors to some electricity in fact that of christie has been restored in one of the control rooms they're saying that if this operation continues successfully de

close to pam resumes efforts to stabilize the down its reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after work was suspended and probably unexplained smoking that's. also belgium is frozen river out of government as a dispute between two major ethnic communities continues fueling experts directions that the earth could spread across the rest of europe. now as japan struggles to regain control over the fukushima nuclear plant hit by the recent earthquake experts from around the world are debating the future of atomic energy r.t. talked to one of russia's leading scientists in the industry about the challenges it's now facing. the past nuclear disaster continue sending shock waves throughout the globe is that the patient that we are now joined by one of fascist leading nuclear experts get us off strong thank you very much for your time sir now many experts have already it compared the focus. to the chernobyl past how proper of this comparison it is in new york. in my opinion the entire atomic energy community and leaves there will not be a global catastrophe global background radiatio

and radiation levels around the japan's fukushima nuclear plant are reported to be over one and a half thousand times higher than normal and fields of food to be of the contamination in the area growing. hello this is r t it's eight pm here in moscow my name is kevin zero in on the top story tonight international coalition forces have conducted air strikes on libya for a third night the country's government says they've been more civilian deaths a u.s. fighter jet crashed there overnight although american officials say it was not shot down troops loyal to the libyan leader colonel gadhafi or attacking rebel strongholds in the west of the country artie's paul asli a saw the results of one of the strikes in tripoli. i'm in a place that locals here called the people's fault this was a hit being told us six missiles on monday night but as you can see the place is completely destroyed there is still smoke there is still this acrid smell of burning in the air now the locals if we talked to said that there was no one here so fortunately no one was actually killed when all of this happened as

breaking news this hour a massive raid you want to call out is cleared off an explosion at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan the reactor is ruthless in injuring our own work and people within twenty kilometers of the laws of being evacuated but follows the worst of the quake and the resulting tsunami over seven hundred people are dead but as the rest in t.v. news out on the exits are wrong it's. possible a radiation leak from the fukushima nuclear plant well that remains the biggest concern i have about it is intake a fourteen. the government spokesman at the fukushima one power plant has in the last hour or two come out and said that the nuclear reactor there is not damage that was the main fear and in fact the radiation levels there are decreasing since the explosion happened there earlier today the main fear earlier was that the reactor itself had exploded in that explosion map it was damaged and if that was the case then radiation would have been leaking and then we would have had nuclear meltdown on our hands and that was actually a major concern until now because radioactive eleme

fears grow of a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan after a second explosion at the damaged facility. fuel rods and another reactor in fukushima are the u.n. regular agency says no chain reaction is taking place there. japanese engineers are stepping up efforts to prevent a meltdown at the nuclear power plant damaged in last friday's earthquake. the fukushima plant has been hit by two explosions. the latest happened early on monday. rapidly falling water levels have exposed fuel rods in another reactor, increasing the risk of a core meltdown. >> it's the third day of japan's nuclear crisis, and the situation at the fukushima power plant remains critical. now there has been a second explosion there. aerial footage shows two damaged reactor structures. a surveillance camera captured the moment of the blast which blew apart the concrete building surrending the number three reactor. the japanese government says this was a hydrogen explosion. >> we assume that there was a similar explosion at the third reactor as the one that occurred at the first reactor. at this point,

speaking in the starkest of terms about the nuclear crisis now unfolding in japan, calling it catastrophic. it's all taking place right now at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. >> that plant is located about 170 miles north of japan's capital, tokyo. but south of the city sendai. that's the closest major city to the epicenter of friday's quake. >> the satellite image shows the explosion at the plant's unit two. that blast was immediately regarded as much more serious than the previous blasts that took place at units one and three. there was also a brief fire this morning inside unit four. >> although that was extinguished quickly, it also led to a release of radioactive materials into the air. that release resulted in an elevated level of radiation in and around that plant. all but 50 of the 800 workers at the plant have been removed. >> everybody talking about the radiation. >>> and slightly higher radiation levels have been detected in tokyo today. but officials there are saying there's no immediate risk to public health. >> but does it pose a threat here in the u.s.? here with that story is martha raddatz. >> reporter: we wanted to

it has been setback after setback for the poor workers at fukushima nuclear facility.mber four. the same unit damaged by fire the day before. now, the immediate impact of this latest event is still being determined but these setbacks are prompting the prime minister to come right out and say the chances of more leaked radiation are high. >> the only thing you can do at that point is try to surround that molten mass with sand and concrete, entomb it. in a concrete sarcophagus. >> today the world comes together to support japan in its hour of need. >> reporter: tepco has sent home all workers who are struggling to saturate damaged units with seawater. the company is even reportedly considering whether to ask japan and the u.s.'s militaries to spray the units with water from helicopters. hundreds continue to evacuate the surrounding areas. and one man even said, he fears this nuclear crisis more than the tsunami. meanwhile, search and rescue efforts continue, although they're less and less successful. >> it's amazing what has happened to this area. overwhelming. you wonde

japan battles to get power back to the fukushima nuclear plant to prevent further explosions. seen rising from reactor number two essentially trying to restore power to cool it's. also this hour in libya graces and strikes from france and the u.k. as the u.n. security council backs a no fly zone to protect civilians. he again leader moammar gadhafi makes an immediate the temptation if the weight goes ahead with the intervention join me in a few moments from the capital city trying to be for an update. on this now it's your pm here in moscow eight pm in tokyo you without saying well the race is on to restore electricity to japan's stricken fukushima nuclear facility so that workers there can get the reactor cooling systems back on line japan's also increased the severity of the accident to a level five out of seven that means the consequences reach wider than the power plants for sinners it's now a week since the country was rocked by its worst of a post-war disaster that's left thousands of people missing or dead and it has more than your porch in the location ferocity. right

i was sure to arrive to inforce parties are better reporting for us from inside japan at the fukushima nuclear plant the fate of millions now rests in the hands of just a few dozen they become known as the faceless fifty eight teams of workers trying to stop the fukushima facility from reaching a devastating point of no return or he's really going to show explains how manpower is all that stands between success and disaster. and then kinds of modern marvels reaching the moon a particle collider to uncover the secrets of creation and trying to master nuclear technology but those advances can come to nothing when nature strikes and atomic energy is awesome power becomes hard to contain days after the fukushima plants first explosion japan's leaders implore everyone to stay carm helicopters and water cannons deployed to call the reactors yet the situation remains critical and it will cause i do not think it will require as much manpower it has been a lot of technological progress made over the last thirty years still it is important to understand the number of people who will have to operate in t

all its energy from its nuclear power stations they've been severely disrupted following the earthquake and tsunami and of course the the going disasters taking place at fukushima course moscow has experience with dealing with a serious nuclear accident chernobyl the worst in. history of course happening in ukraine and from ukraine we can now hear from the alexy out a shift he talks about what russia could bring to the table should force. nuclear disaster be on the cards at painful trip down memory lane alexander often goes to the thirty kilometer h. or not was exclusion zone in ukraine but every visit evokes sad emotions twenty five years ago what is now the ghost town of where you got which was his home before the chernobyl fallout changed everything. you know i didn't come here just to take photos it still feels like home. i spent my best childhood years here along to here. and even those who've never been here before come and feel the car. so they want to come back here. and look somebody is one of hundreds of thousands whose address changed after april the twenty sixth one thousand nine hundred eighty six the place is one of the youngest districts in the l