which those standards were actually raised to twenty micro sieverts from one micro sievert do you think it's responsible to actually change the standards so that. they are now considered to be safe we do not say that. twenty meters see that it is safe but. it's. a pretty standard in this type of emergency situation scientists say there needs to be more cooperation with outside agencies and outside governments what do you say to these critics they don't know the fact and actually. from the time of their accident we have been consulted with the united states france and russia and other countries in terms of take any kind of support. machine regular support and we closely exchanged information regarding the status of plants and possible measures to take japan a country which has faced a two nuclear tragedies with your shimon nagasaki there are many critics out there who say that it's irresponsible for a country that has experienced such tragedy with the nuclear field to be building nuclear plants. in an area that may be unstable seismically known to have earthquakes what's your response to

which those standards were actually raised to twenty micro sieverts from one micro siebert do you think it's responsible to actually change the standards so that. they are now considered to be safe we do not say that. twenty meters see that it is safe but. it's. standard in this type of emergency situation from a personal standpoint are you worried about the situation in japan in this country yes of course i'm worried about the people situation that they're afraid of those radiation those. looking back at the past three months what do you think that the japanese government could have done better to handle this tragedy to give people accurate information in a manner easy to understand for them so that's their first point and secondly we should explain what we need to do for. existing nuclear power plants. which people are worried the budget panel. or though they are quite safe right now. what do you think the government has done well in the situation taking the other side we assumed the worst case is and we said. twenty kilometers radius from. eighty and we expanded. the region vacated t

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 conducted aal sis on the food and urine of 15 residents in iitate village andkawa ma ta village, about 40 kilometers from the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. they estimate residents have been internally exposed up to 3.2 millisieverts in the two months since the nuclear accident. >> translator: radioactive substances accumulate much more by eating or drinking rather than inhaling. i advise people to refrain from eating vegetables grown in the area where high levels of radiation are detected. >> parents and teachers in fukushima prefecture are skeptical about the government set level of exposure to radiation for children especially in relation to outdoor activities. they fear children's health may be affected by radioactive contamination from fukush

if radiation levels in the atmosphere exceeded 3.8 micro sieverts in the hour, residents would normally need to evacuate. the municipality plans to remove surface soil where the docimeter readings are high. >> translator: the city is asking residents to measure radiation levels in and around their homes. together with the residents, we hope to lower the levels in the atmosphere. >>> researchers have found that the sea bed off japan's northeastern coast had been gradually sinking days before the march 11th earthquake. a team from tohoku university analyzed data taken at two monitoring sites 80 kilometers off the peninsula in miyagi prefecture. in late may the team recovered measuring devices from the sea floor at a depth of 1200 meters. the data shows that the sea bottom subsided 15 centimeters from a magnitude 7.3 quake on march 9th and one meter in a magnitude 9 quake on march 11th. the data indicates that the seabed had been sinkingrate of day between the two tremors. the finding may help them to unravel the mechanism of an imminent giant earthquake. >> translator: we hope to use this

structure emerges, there are many elements that undoubtedly will make the banks or other institutions sievert, higher capital requirements, reporting, more unified regulatory structure for large institutions, the creation of yes fsoc and monitor development. these are all positive steps. we are not unfortunately right now protected from the crisis because sovereign debt is affordable and the treasury but for a while of least a think the private sector and financial institutions will not be the source of a new crisis. we just need to make sure that if or when this happens in the future we can in fact cystine the financial system. thank you. [applause] >> let's move on to thomas and then we will give you a chance to comment and open up after that. he's a professor of the school of business and new york and the former dean of the school board and importantly a policy initiative by 43 n.y.u. professors on restoring stability to the financial system. so it comes at the subject of great depth of knowledge. i want to thank our hosts for the assessment of the dodd-frank act and particular also i want

structure emerges, there are many elements that undoubtedly will make the banks or other institutions sievert, higher capital requirements, reporting, more unified regulatory structure for large institutions, the creation of yes fsoc and monitor development. these are all positive steps. we are not unfortunately right now protected from the crisis because sovereign debt is affordable and the treasury but for a while of least a think the private sector and financial institutions will not be the source of a new crisis. we just need to make sure that if or when this happens in the future we can in fact cystine the financial system. thank you. [applause] >> let's move on to thomas and then we will give you a chance to comment and open up after that. he's a professor of the school of business and new york and the former dean of the school board and importantly a policy initiative by 43 n.y.u. professors on restoring stability to the financial system. so it comes at the subject of great depth of knowledge. i want to thank our hosts for the assessment of the dodd-frank act and particular also i want

prior to the accident, the dose was one milly sievert per year. that sounds to me very suspicious. why would you all the sudden find out we can be exposed to more radiation? were there any studies done that said that level was safe? did they raise it because they are concerned the people were exposed to more than one? >> i am personally not aware of there being any studies that informed that decision, but i do not have the detailed knowledge of what the japanese government may have considered in that area. i agree that is a significant change to radiation exposure levels. can i ask the chairman to do more investigation on this? i don't want to see that happen where after an accident, we say it's ok. you are exposed to what we thought was the limit, but we are changing the lead. it does not make it ok. on april 11th, the nrc was asked to delay the bill -- delayed the diablo canyon -- i think that was a smart thing. according to press accounts, the nrc is moving forward with safety and other things for a ruling on this request. what i want to ask this is it usual if they ask for a de