japanese government is starting radiation checks on millions of people living near the stricken for shima nuclear plant has been revealed that fifteen people living over forty kilometers from the facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month and as all to sean thomas found out many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war that the japanese people have no trust in the government a coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone is starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here say the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall iraq city they said different things like they said different things and the government they said different things. they end up together the. p

for shima sense radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars onto the european market. for the palestinian sentiment spreads across europe as activist amount of thought is stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from israel. with the media crazed america flaring around the sex related scandal involving a senator questions are being raised over whether news outlets are turning into gossip mills. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan they haven't strontium has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight sean thomas has been a focus shima city to measure radiation levels and here's what he discovered. here we're ei

. >> engineers at the earthquake damaged fuke shima nuclear plant in japan has suspended an operation to clean more than 100,000 pounds of raid active water. we -- radioactive water. explain why this clean-up operation has been suspended? >> it's been suspended because a radioactive material built up than had been expected and they're trying to find out the cause of that. and this operation is critical because clearing the radioactive water from the plant is a vital first step to bringing the reactors under control. what they've been doing ever since the march 1 1 earthquake is hosing down the reactors to keep them cool. that means more than 100 tons of water has been there. they need to clean it. it's the rainy season here in japan. so the fear is that the pools of water could overflow spilling more radiation in the pacific. >> this will become a setback for tetco a company ha has been criticized about its own handling of this. >> the government has been criticized as well. and tetco is saying that this isn't a malfunction, it's just something unexpected. but this operation filtering

top stories this hour naughty is exactly three months since an earthquake triggered the for shima nuclear disaster and the japanese government's on the far from people in the streets angry about the concealment of the true extent of the crisis. in switzerland activism struggling against a media blackout surrounding one of the world's most secretive and influential gatherings failing to shed much light on will be to build a better group is up to. a level playing field for all these southern russian city of sochi and takes major construction efforts to provide better access for people with disabilities ahead of the twenty fourteen current rates. we've got with more news in less than fifteen minutes from now next the latest in the world of sport with kate. hello welcome to the spa stairs and these are the top stories. a thousand days to go the can down to the such a winter paralympics hits a key landmark as a games i'm past that provide inspiration for the disabled. while imperious andy murray cruises past four time champion andy roddick choked will take song that beats outside of james more

shaun thomas has been to focus shima city to measure radiation levels. were eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher or really close because if you look at a map of where he is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. dating from look the winds are bringing that radiation in the. city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels or one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dose is so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we are working with today. different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and actually i can assure you . are working to contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen are wearing any protective growing clothing that the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually have one spot which it's

after fukushima we are all very much more sensitive towards what safety and i'm not saying that before shima we were lax on it but the public itself is now very much much sense and so what we're doing now is our experts are working with the russian experts to make sure that the project is. at the very very top of safety requirements and we don't have any differences in that because. neither bulgaria nor russia nor any other country would be willing to jeopardize the safety and secondly we're working on creating the. economic and the financial package to make this project interesting to outside investors as well because it's a they said in the beginning this is a very substantial project obviously this takes time it doesn't happen quickly but i can assure you that it is in the interests of both. an energy companies the russian energy company that was involved in a both governments and everyone else in europe we if we go ahead with this project if we go ahead with it on the very very firm basis that doesn't leave any questions to be asked just for safety economic benefits financial package as

but eating from the winds are bringing that radiation into shima city and the rain and wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists so that we're working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and these guys actually. i working could be contaminated soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen are wearing any protective clothing but the scientists are so one of the concerns is that if you can actually have one spot which it's only thirty times the accepted normal levels and then you go to another spot which is just a meter away and it can jump to five hundred to a thousand times depending on where rainwater and mud have collected one of the concerns of course is that grass is can. filter for nuclear ready at the material and are drawn to grassy places when they go into those areas they could actuall

a lot of that radiation is and when a thing from the winds are bringing that radiation in to have shima city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so earlier today we were in that spot where i could i could really confuse you with a lot of numbers about point micro seaver is and what have you but really in simplest terms we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists so that we are working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and that's what they're doing in fact i'm going to determine just a little bit more right now and see some of that happening behind and me and us right now where the contamination levels were about five hundred times what they should actually safely be so one of the concerns is that you can actually have a one spot which is only thirty times in the accepted normal levels and then you go to another spot which

tokyo thousands demonstrate for clean energy three months after an earthquake triggered the focus shima nuclear crisis which there is still no end in sight. activists in switzerland tried to breach the wall of silence surrounding one of the world's most secretive and influential gatherings demanding the builder per group come clean on what they're up to. but along with the twenty fourteen winter olympics so she's preparing to host the paralympic games we follow the major construction of her name for make the city of more hospital place hospitable place i should say for people with disabilities. but from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's four pm here in the russian capital nine pm in tokyo and three months on japan is struggling to recover from its toughest crisis since the second world war when a nine magnitude earthquake sense and merciless toonami which left thousands dead and missing the natural disaster triggered a major radiation leak at the fukushima nuclear facility and it's still on the verge of a full scale nuclear catastrophe o

beyond the expectations of all you said that people are back to the drawing boards but there's a focus shima show there that our expectations can always be exceeded something may happen unexpected still out whatever our knowledge is well i mean for example like . an asteroid hits a satellite and sad like those down the g.p.s. is not working somebody happens because of that satellite thing look at any and we go well isn't there a lesson is that no it is one hundred percent safe and if so it should become more and more expensive every it will be because the requirements go higher who is a. no i would disagree with that basic philosophy i think it is possible to imagine the events that could happen in a nuclear power plant. there and we have to just look back i think the the history of human kind for the last thousand years or so as we can best comprehend it and imagine all of the different things that might happen earthquakes floods tsunamis airplanes could hit reactors meteors could hit reactors we can imagine that the reactor. it could either be the victims of earth movement or of water or o

increased safety measures following japan's atomic crisis in march but is short thomas want to focus shima just outside the twenty kilometer no go zone around the stricken plant to witness the deadly legacy of the disaster for himself. the armistice and a constant ticking of geiger counters scientists working in fukushima city concerned and or some of the i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking a very key asian protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends family. officially fukushima city is in a safer area eighty kilometers from the danger plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the banda danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the battleground is really through tonight. thirty times what is more of them except admirable but the problem here i think we're just we're all in the r

the country's authorities launch a massive a radiation check ups and three months after the focal shima disaster local people are angered by the late response and the lack of transparency. by russian intelligence chief has been found guilty of treason for exposing a group of russian a sleeper agents in the united states last summer and now sentenced to twenty five years in prison plus. it's all threatens to mess with deportation and a ten year battle from we entering is well if they plan to stick sale with a third to let down for gaza. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow i'm a recent showing the japanese government is starting radiation checkouts for more than two million people living near the crippled fukushima plant as part of a long health monitoring program launched over three months after the nuclear crisis started and sean thomas reports confusion over where is safe and where isn't a seeing many lose trust in the authorities. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it i

top stories this toxic ripples from the focus shima nuclear facility reach beyond the no go zone with radiation levels some eighty kilometers away from the plant exceeding legal limits meanwhile seeing groundwater in the area being found to be contaminated. going to duffy pledges that he'll never leave libya easy faces off against a chess grandmaster in the devastated capital of tripoli meanwhile nato steps off its offensive and declares its expanding operations against libyan government forces. from palestinian sentiment spreads across europe is activism on the continent stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from israel. but out with more news for you in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime it's our debate program cross talk and today peter lavelle and his gas discuss the legacy of russia's first president. twenty years after he was elected the country's leader. can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm hearing about boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ wide

japanese authorities are launching massive radiation check ups in a full shima area three months after the nuclear disaster and that's made public anger whether the government's late response to the leaks and the lack of transparency. germany is under pressure. not the officer who's been convicted of war crimes but remains a large. escaped from a dutch prison over half a century ago and found shelter in germany was legislation prevented he's extradition. and russia split over proposed restrictions on abortion many say they move the move aimed at tackling demographic decline pregnant woman's rights and result in more abandoned children. back with more on those stories in around fifteen minutes time for that from and joins me to deal with the latest from the russian football. russian football a rugby and some quite nice way to start or indeed. a low and welcome to sport an artsy armor among cost driven here's what we have in store for you this hour. says come all school extend their premier league leads answered using am car while second place is a need fail to score against chechen side

but one man who says events are for shima shouldn't be called a disaster is john rich director general of the world nuclear association explains to r.t. so if you have an answer why he thinks nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and getting safe abouts in our special interview next on r.t. . carrie it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much has an equal protection technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america we had chernobyl in ukraine we just had fukushima. but there i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world

oh goodness i'm talking to be a little earlier here not in the focus shima nuclear crisis has also sent shock waves through the japanese motor industry and the speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world com market and potential buyers are now thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto insurance as ati's alexy at a chef ski reports. has been contemplating a change of hardcore for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her off roader to a new or model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time but the. i was told privately that all new japanese cars are radioactive because of the fukushima disaster the shipment was supposedly blocked by the authorities at adesa harbor but unofficial dealers bribe them and those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left off our question whether there had been any contaminated cars here after the japanese fallout these off roaders worship then before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or for reduced claim there's absolutely no chance of

some extra cooling to get down to normal atmospheric and ambient temperatures the problem of focus shima was that they made a mistake in reactor design not in reactor operations but in reactor design and what happened to happen now is that every nuclear regulatory authority in the world needs to go back and ask the question are all of the reactors under my supervision protected against worst case natural catastrophes like floods like tsunamis like earthquakes like plane crashes and that those questions are being asked right now i think they will result in some changes i don't think the changes are going to be terribly expensive i don't think they're going to take a long time to implement and i think that the the good of this is that with the world will have drawn a lesson from fukushima and nuclear safety will be even stronger in the aftermath thank you very much for this internal. issues that so much recently made it even exists you can't really change the world and it's meeting with just the greek government survives a vote of confidence as it's crushing debt or deal continues unabated

where that small problems can explode into bigger ones take focus shima for example where japanese officials have admitted they were unprepared for the disaster and have been part of countless cover ups about the threat levels there are dish on thomas went to an area near the plant though considered outside the exclusion zone where locals are extremely concerned about high radiation levels that are. i really ominous and constant taking a geiger counters as scientists working in fukushima city concerned and some of the i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking there is a creation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends family are of a creative. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the danger plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here and the much higher than normal. just to give you an

compare the meltdown of the focus shima nuclear plant to what's happening to the world markets as a kaiser report next. 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 we just pick up on the star second because remember after the initial crash of two thousand and seven two thousand and eight we have the stimulus and you also had the bailouts and then you had a bounce which was called a recovery but now even according to time magazine there was no recovery there was the beginning of what you're saying now a melt through you well were you

pounds more than doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation that leaked from the focus shima nuclear plant in the first week after the earthquake and tsunami the country's nuclear watchdog also said no bounds took place in three reactors more quickly than early of the in bali facility is still leaking radiation the plant operator is moving to switch it off by january although there are fears it may take longer. to european parliament strasberg has been debating a report into whether paul garrett and rumania are ready to join the reserve area it would mean that easier travel to and from those countries within the e.u. but sarah a lot for the british liberal democrat thinks that without internal dollars within the e.u. the problem of illegal immigration cannot be solved. it's finally up to the e.u. government to decide whether those countries can join and they're meeting next week to decide but and your parliament just has a role of say whether they agree but of course there has also been migration pressures other pressures other worries about those countries joining the border freeze

above where the plant sits and the only thing stopping fort calhoun from flooding just like focus shima flooded is a six foot high rubber wall surrounding the plant that's not the only nuclear power plant in danger just down the river in southeast nebraska the cooper nuclear plant is also on the verge of flooding out that plant sits at nine hundred three feet above sea level but on sunday floodwaters from the missouri river peak at nine hundred and a half feet meaning just two and a half feet stood between nebraska and a fukushima like disaster so yeah we almost lost nebraska over the weekend and yet no one seems to know about back on june seventh when the floodwaters first started threatening the fort calhoun plant the nuclear regulatory commission received a notification of an unusual event the lowest level warning on the n.r.c. is for stage disaster classification system no big deal he said he no droids in this car but it does seem a little odd that since june sixth the f.a.a. has been enforcing a no fly zone above the crippled plant when asked about the no fly zone the f.a.a. respon

plant as radiation continues to soar a new leaks are found in the crippled hopes to shut down focus shima within six to nine months of gaming unless we kick out the nuclear lobbyist and change course like the germans and swiss are doing in the italians and what's happening in fukushima could be just want to earthquake or tornado or terrorist attack away from happening or accident for them from happening here. in our republican hypocrisy news congressman lou barletta of pennsylvania has found two routes of attack on the government or specifically against the e.p.a. the environmental protection agency three months ago barletta joint every single house republican vote to slash the e.p.a.'s funding to regulate greenhouse gases but now after trying to defund the e.p.a. to tear it apart to stop it congressman barletta is outraged that the e.p.a. isn't doing enough to protect their constituents in his district. for more on this i'm joined by marie dimond reporter and blogger at think progress dot org welcome thanks for having me nice to nice to see you here the the first call why is barletta so

the mark one design use that to the shima was also used at u.s. plants, including two reactors in my state of new jersey. modifications to the design ensures the safety of the reactors but it now appears that the japanese plants also previously made modifications like the ones made at plants in debt u.s.. those modifications could not prevent what happened in the japanese accident. can we believe our plants are not similarly vulnerable? >> i think that is an important question. i did visit or oyster creek some months ago and learned a lot about the mark one. what we are finding today is that there are fax driveling yen from fukushima. there are some basic things about what exactly were the modifications performed and we really don't have all of those details yet. we do not know what happened during the earthquake during the tsunami and there are facts we have to sort out and it would be premature to make a judgment at this point. unless we learn something dramatically different from what we know today, we will continue to believe that. >> i'm not