tepco has set up an initial compensation package. it will finish delivering that money on september 11th. it expects to start paying people as early as early october. it will also compensate farmers, fishermen, and small and medium sized businesses. tepco has already paid about half of what farmers have claimed in provisional compensation. the utility did not disclose an estimate of how much this new reimbursement is planned to cause. >> translator: we want to receive compensation as soon as possible. we don't have a home. and we can't live without money. >> translator: we don't have clear prospects for the future. so i'm still worried. >>> the march 11th disaster. the september 11th attacks. two anniversaries, one source for in-depth coverage. join nhk world for japan six months on and 9/11 defining a decade. beginning september 5th. then on sunday september 11th we'll mark the anniversaries. 2:30 p.m. japan time for the 3/11 disaster. >>> in other news, libyan's opposition leader has urged the foulers of muammar al gadhafi to surre

tepco has already set up an initial compensation package. it says it will finish delivering that money on september 11. the next day the utility plans to start sending out application forms for this new payment scheme. it expects to start paying people as soon as early october. tokyo electric power says it will also fully compensation farmers, fishermen, and small and medium sized businesses for damage, including harm caused by rumors. tepco has already paid about half of what farmers have claimed in provisional compensation. the utility did not disclose that estimate of how much this new reimbursement plan will cost. it is expected to carry out full fledged compensation procedures with the help of a government backed entity. >> translator: we want to receive compensation as soon as possible. we don't have a home and we can't live without money. >> we don't have clear prospects for the future so i'm still worried. >> researchers in japan are trying to figure out how to remove radioactive substances from rice paddies. they started testing a n

tepco has stricted access to the site and the surrounding area. it says the workers who took the reading were exposed to a maximum of four millisieverts. the high level is because the pipes were used to vent air creating radioactive substances from the number one reactor on march 12th. it also detected 1,000 millisieverts outside in the debris as well as a maximum of 4,000 millisieverts outside one of the reactors buildings. a human exposed to 10,000 millisieverts would likely die within a week or two. tepco also says it has discovered about 700 tons of highly radioactive water on saturday in the basement of an onsite building near the storage facility for contaminated water. it says the water contained 19,000 becquerels of cesium 134 per cubic centimeter. the utility is investigating how the leak happened. but it says there is no danger of the contaminated water leaking out of the building. japan's government is to ask rice farmers in the tohoku region for radiation before and after harvest. details on tests for insuring that rice on the market i

the safety agency toldte on wednesday that tepco reported rch 7th.iction to theyn tepco says it made the atgheaxum height , whe of a tsunami in the event o a high wave at the plant. tepco assumed when it desde pnt height would be 5.7 meters. the agenc ssheth company provided the pro deck the agency ordered the mpy tubt a detailed report as quickly as possible and suggested the need toefm e citi. >> translator: we failed to predict the scalef e tsunami. we must take this seriously as a regulatory body. >> tepco says it didn't intend to dcle the assessment of the public or to the public, t wentative calculation for research purposes, based on a simulation. de lt japan winding up his first visit since assuming office. before plyingut ohe u. air base in tokyo on wednesday, biden praised about 700 troops for helping rebuild areas devastated by the march th dist. >> i want you to know what you've accomplished here in japaover the past few months is nothinghort of astounding. >> biden also stressed the imrtance of bilateral ties for peace and stability of the asia pafi region. >> our lines

representatives from 11 prefectures met wednesday with tepco president. that's the largest group of prefectures to lobby for payout since the nuclear crisis began. the farmers are demanding compensation for beef, tea leaves and other products banned or lost value following the fukushima daiichi accident. the farmers' demands were paid out since april up to about $750 million. tokyo electric says it would make pay damages every three months but farmers who are strapped for cash want the compensation to come more regularly. >> translator: farmers have been pushed nearly to the edge and cannot wait such a long time. we want the utility to make monthly payments. >> tepco's managing director naomi hirose points out that monthly payouts are almost impossible because the company has so many groups and individuals to compensate. but he says the utility will consider the request. >>> tokyo electric discovered five active faults near the krpt ld fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. tepco made the discovery after they were asked to reexamine faults around nuclear

here's what the government and tepco have put together as their plan. work would start in 2014 to remove the spent fuel rods stored in pools. in 2021 the process to extract fuel from the reactor cores would begin. removing all the fuel along with dismantling and removing the reactor buildings is expected to take decades. the panel plans to finalize a timetable by january. the deadline for bringing fukushima daiichi under control. the actual work to decommission the reactors will continue according to this timetable. the panel will draw up the timetable using the 1979 three mile accident in the united states as a reference. sosoda is a former member of the government safety commission. he was involved in the restoration of three mile island. in the three mile island accident, loss of cooling water resulted in a meltdown of 70% of the core. soda thinks japan has a lot to learn from the restoration at the three mile island as it tackles the crisis at fukushima daiichi. >> translator: fuel rods have melted. all are scattered into pieces. i assume the situat

." >>> tepco predicted three years ago that a 10 meter tsunami could hit its fukushima nuclear plant, but that prediction did not reach the government until just before the disaster on march 11. a spokesperson for the government's nuclear and industrial safety agency told reporters on wednesday that the tokyo electric power company or tepco reported the prediction to the agent on march 7. tepco says it made the estimation in june 2008 when calculating the maximum height of the tsunami in the event of a very powerful earthquake near the plant. tepco originally assumed when it designed the plant that the maximum possible wave height would be 5.7 meters. the agency says that when the company provided the prediction, the agency ordered the company to submit a detailed report as quickly as possible and suggested the need to reform the facilities. >> translator: we failed to predict the scale of the tsunami. we must take this seriously as a regulatory body. >> tepco says it didn't intend to disclose the assessment to the public since it was a tentative calculation for research purposes base

tokyo electric power company tepco the private for profit corporation running focus should inform the government everything is just fine we now know today they lied to protect their profits government projection models that actually showed a cloud every spewing from fukushima and heading right toward. yet no one was warned by. well most likely because tepco and the government regulator officials they were buddy buddy with wanted to downplay the crisis from the very beginning all of the evidence points to tepco was thinking about their shareholders the government workers were thinking about their jobs because angry tepco executives could probably get them fired and no one wanted to take responsibility for what was happening so thousands of people were put in danger by a government and a corporation that the japanese citizens trusted in a time of crisis but it got too close to each other with their inaction emir of nami said the government and tepco committed murder and today nearly half of the almost eleven hundred children who lived around the fukushima plant test positive today for d

to downplay the crisis from the very beginning and all the evidence points to that tepco was thinking about their shareholders and government workers were thinking about their jobs because angry tepco executives could probably get them fired and no one wanted to take responsibility for what was happening so thousands of people were putting danger by a government and a corporation that the japanese citizens trusted in a time of crisis but it got too close to each other with their inaction and mirrored nami said the government and tepco committed murder and today nearly half of the almost eleven hundred children who lived around the fukushima plant test positive today for damaging thyroid exposure to radiation tragically the consequences of this exposure will be felt pretty decades maybe even generations to come and here in the united states were victims of this very same sort of corporate capture of government regulators it's a topic i explore in my book an equal protection in one thousand nine hundred president teddy roosevelt said there could be no effective control of corporations r

on tuesday tepco released its earnings report for the quarter. earnings came to $14.7 billion a drop of 7.2%. when calculated in yen. tepco also booked an extraordinary loss over $5 billion to cover compensation for people effected by the nuclear accident including evacuees and farmers. the government is planning to establish a legal entity to help the utility pay for -- rather the utility to pay out damaging. tepco president said that once a government entity has been set up, the utility's liabilities are unlikely to succeed its assets. >>> many doctors traveled to the devastated areas of the disaster to offer services. as the days past, the number of doctors there has gotten smaller. that means medical care can be hard to come by. however, people in the town of ogatsu are the lucky ones. a doctor travels every weekend to operate a clinic. >> reporter: just a stone's throw away from the ruins, a small clinic opened at the end of may. dr. nakoshi operates this facility as well as running her own clinic in tokyo. a lot of the town's elderly suffer

on tuesday tepco released its earnings report for the quarter. earnings came to $14.7 billion a drop of 7.2%. when calculated in yen. tepco also booked an extraordinary loss over $5 billion to cover compensation for people effected by the nuclear accident including evacuees and farmers. the government is planning to establish a legal entity to help the utility pay for -- rather the utility to pay out damaging. tepco president said that once a government entity has been set up, the utility's liabilities are unlikely to succeed its assets. >>> many doctors traveled to the devastated areas of the disaster to offer services. as the days past, the number of doctors there has gotten smaller. that means medical care can be hard to come by. however, people in the town of ogatsu are the lucky ones. a doctor travels every weekend to operate a clinic. >> reporter: just a stone's throw away from the ruins, a small clinic opened at the end of may. dr. nakoshi operates this facility as well as running her own clinic in tokyo. a lot of the town's elderly suffer

tepco says the meltdown inside reactor one started five hours after the earthquake. that generated large amounts of hydrogen leading to an explosion the following day. nuclear expert koji okamoto says the lack of communication on march 11th affected the utility's response to the fukushima daiichi accident. >> translator: if the leaders didn't know what was going on at the plant, the government probably didn't know either. this communication breakdown may have made the situation worse by delaying orders to remove residents who live nearby. >>> fukushima daiichi has been emitting radiation for more than five months now, but the japanese government and tepco say the amount has been decreasing. it's now one-fifth of what it was a month ago. the government and tepco say maximum radiation levels around the facility during the past two weeks were 200 million becquerels per hour. that's one-ten millionth of the levels recorded in mid-march after the meltdown at the plant. nuclear crisis minister goshi hosono says there's no major change in the timetable for bringing fukushim

tepco says the meltdown inside reactor one started five hours after the earthquake. that generated large amounts of hydrogen leading to an explosion the following day. clear expert koji okamoto says the lack of communication on march 11th affected the utility's response to the fukushima daiichi accident. >> translator: if the leaders didn't know what was going on at the plant, the government probably didn't know either. this communication breakdown may have made the situation worse by delaying orders to remove residents who live nearby. >>> fukushima daiichi has been emitting radiation for more than five months now, but the japanese government and tepco say the amount has been decreasing. it's now one-fifth of what it was a month ago. the government and tepco say maximum radiation levels around the facility during the past two weeks were 200 million becquerels per hour. that's one-ten millionth of the levels recorded in mid-march after the meltdown at the plant. nuclear crisis minister goshi hosono says there's no major change in the timetable for bringing fukushima

tepco released its time table in april. the first part focused on stabilizing and cooling the reactors, lowering their temperature. the government and tepco announced in july that stage one had been completed. the second stage is now in progress. it aims to significantly reduce the amount of radioactive materials released from the plant. it emphasizes decontaminating highly radioactive water that has built up at fukushima daiichi and recycling it to continue the cooling process. workers are aiming to achieve a cold shutdown by january. with reactor temperatures being kept below 100 degrees celsius. if that happens, the biggest challenge remains. decommissioning the reactors. the government's atomic energy commission has set up a tanl of experts to discuss a time table. the first meeting was on august 3rd. here is what the government and tepco put forward as their plan. work would start in 2014 to remove the spent fuel rods stored in pools. in 2021, the process to extract fuel from the reactor cores would begin. removing all

japan's energy operator tepco has detected the highest level of radiation at the fukushima nuclear facility since the manch quake and tsunami hit the plant but reading between the first and second reactor buildings registered at levels considered fatal to human health the government and the company that say that they remain on target to bring the reactors to a safer state of shutdown by january tens of thousands of people meantime remain in temporary shelters after a no go zone around the complex was in force. a legendary russian military

after the reactors shut down, only three of tepco's re-17 reactors. another reactor is scheduled for a regular inspection from late august. to make up for the lost power, tepco plans to increase output at the thermal plants but calling for the continuation of ongoing energy saving efforts. he won't decide whether he'll restart the reactors until the cause of the accident at fukushima daiichi is disclosed. >>> time now for nuclear watch. our weekly segment that brings you the latest on the crisis at the fukushima daiichi power plant. the nuclear regulator is facing more criticism in the wake of the march 11th disaster. japan announced on thursday that it will dismiss three senior nuclear administration officials for their mishandling of the crisis. >> translator: i've been thinking about reshuffling the ministry for about a month. it will be -- >> the three officials are the vice minister of the economy trade and industry ministry and director general of the nuclear and safety agency and director general of the national resources and energy agency. a k

tepco is reducing the amount of water it injects to reduce the buildup of contaminated liquid. that means its plan could be delayed. >>> the accident at fukushima daiichi isn't getting in the way of a deal between japan and vietnam to build two new nuclear reactors in the country. state secretary for foreign affairs takahashi met with vietnamese prime minister in hanoi on thursday. he said japan will take what it learns from the fukushima daiichi accident and use it to provide assistance with higher safety standards than ever before. hai said he wants the agreement to stay in place. the country signed the deal last october. the two reactors are scheduled to start operating in 2021. vietnam plans to build a total of 14 nuclear reactors by 2030 to meet its growing demand for electricity. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahe

but the accident at the tepco plant shocked the teachers. they are still discussing what to teach their students about nuclear power. >> translator: teachers shouldn't hide anything from the students. we must give a thorough explanation of the causes and backgrounds of everything that happened during the crisis. the school has started a program to make students fully understand what is happening around them. twice a day the students take turns measuring radiation levels in the schoolyard. on this day the radiation is much lower than the government sanctioned safety level. afterward, a teacher encourages the students to think about how to deal with the readings. >> translator: so what should we do? >> translator: just like before, even if radiation levels are low, we have watch our hands. we shouldn't spend too much time outdoors during the summer vacation. >> translator: there's so much information about nuclear power. we try to teach our students to pick out the correct information and use it effectively. we hope our students will be able t

tepco is reducing the amount of water it injects to reduce the buildup of contaminated liquid. that means its plan could be delayed. >>> the accident at fukushima daiichi isn't getting in the way of a deal between japan and vietnam to build two new nuclear reactors in the country. state secretary for foreign affairs takahashi met with vietnamese prime minister in hanoi on thursday. he said japan will take what it learns from the fukushima daiichi accident and use it to provide assistance with higher safety standards than ever before. hai said he wants the agreement to stay in place. the country signed the deal last october. the two reactors are scheduled to start operating in 2021. vietnam plans to build a total of 14 nuclear reactors by 2030 to meet its growing demand for electricity. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post-march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi crisis. and "the road ahe

tepco aims to stably cool the reactors by january of next year. decontaminating thousands of tons of waste water at the site holds the key. but failures of the installed filtering system has prevented the facility from achieving its operation rate of 90%. the figure as of wednesday stands at 66%. they have been hit by different malfunctions despite fully operating for more than a month. the nuclear safety commission said on wednesday that tepco must improve the system by pinpointing the common root of problems rather than addressing them ad hoc. to complete the second stage, they must reduce the amount of contaminated water. that means it must operate the decontamination system effectively. >>> nasa says the powerful tsunami that ravaged japan's northeastern coast in march also had an impact thousands of kilometers away from this country. the u.s. space agency says for the first time ever, observations show that the big waves broke off chunks of an iceberg in antarctica. nasa says it observed the breaks from the ice shelf in images shot from two s

tepco has been pouring seven tons of water from outside the number three reactor every hour. but this process has been producing a massive amount of high level radioactive water. tepco said that injecting cooling water through pipes situated above the fuel would be a more efficient operation. the utility will start conducting the new cooling operation on friday and check its effectiveness by monitoring the temperature levels. >>> now even though it's summer, classrooms in the tsunami-destroyed areas are busy with students and teachers. they are making up for lost time caused by the march 11th disaster. >> reporter: the harbor in onagawa once bustled with fishing boats. but the earthquake and tsunami on march 11th completely up ended life in the town in miyagi prefect purp more than five months later, not much has improved. even now, almost 500 people live in shelters. this junior high school was built on elevated ground in the center of town. even so it barely escaped the tsunami. forced classes to be stopped. then a series of aftershocks further interrupted classes. to get b

tepco aims to stably cool the reactors by january of next year. decontaminating thousands of tons of waste water at the site holds the key. but failures of the installed filtering system has prevented the facility from achieving its operation rate of 90%. the figure as of wednesday stands at 66%. they have been hit by different malfunctions despite fully operating for more than a month. the nuclear safety commission said on wednesday that tepco must improve the system by pinpointing the common root of problems rather than addressing them ad hoc. to complete the second stage, they must reduce the amount of contaminated water. that means it must operate the decontamination system effectively. >>> nasa says the powerful tsunami that ravaged japan's northeastern coast in march also had an impact thousands of kilometers away from this country. the u.s. space agency says for the first time ever, observations show that the big waves broke off chunks of an iceberg in antarctica. nasa says it observed the breaks from the ice shelf in images shot from two s

massive restructuring of the energy structure of the country. >> we talked about tepco. what about the government? can the people of japan trust what the government is saying about this? >> well, even the government was given incorrect numbers by tepco, and the government right now, by the way, is looking at alternatives, perhaps natural gas, perhaps fossil fuels, more conservation. none of the above look very he attractive at all for the future. >> i don't think -- do they realize the damage and the repercussions of this? because i'm wondering, maybe they didn't know, let's give them the benefit of the doubt, the readings, they were reading them long. is there a lesson for japan and the united states and the rest of the world? >> there's a big lesson. president obama right now has to make huge decisions about the future of nuclear energy in this country. germany, switzerland have thrown in the towel. no more nuclear power plants. they'll be phased out. italy is now tottering. now the question is, what will the united states do? that's going to be the big question. peopl

the government and tepco say maximum radiation levels around the facility during the past two weeks were 200 million becquerels per hour, 1/10 millionth of the levels recorded in mid-march after the meltdown at the plant. the nuclear crisis minister harumi takahashi said there's no change at the timetable for bringing fukushima daiichi under control. he ask the goal continues to be processing contaminated wastewater and reducing radioactive emissions before achieving shut down of the reactor. hosono says the government will drop a plan by the end of the august for the decontamination zone around fukushima daiichi. the idea is to lunch a model project early next month. experts say before the government allows displaced residents to return home, they'll be necessary to plug any new radiation leaks. on top of that, they say contaminated materials must be cleaned up along with the mud and sludge generated in that process. >>> a nuclear reactor in northern japan has become the first to resume commercial operations since the march accident at fukushima daiichi. the nuclear industrial safety ag

tepco has the started paying provisional damages to affected people, recipients and others have claimed that the payments are too little too late. >>> people who had to evacuate homes close to the fukishima plant may be allowed to go back for a short while. the government set up a 20 kilometer no entry zone around the plant after the nuclear crisis began. it allowed people whose homes are between 3 and 20 kilometers from the plant to go back briefly. but it hasn't allowed trips back to homes within three kilometers of the plant. the government says it's now ranging -- brief trips to homes within the 3 kilometer radius, because they are being cooled and radiation from the plant is going down. >>> they will soon begin detailed radiation monitoring to ensure returning evacuees are safe. >>> friday was a day of wild swings on the new york stock exchange. dow jones international closed at 11,444. this follow is a drop of more than 500 points thursday. stocks rallied in new york for less than a half-hour after better than expected employment data friday. then the dow trended downward apparent

a tepco official said the company will deal with the matter in line with the government panel's recommendations. japan is being asked to help out the world's newest country. the military adviser for u.n. peacekeeping operations has expressed hope it will send troops to south sudan. the lieutenant general spoke to nhk on thursday and stressed the need to send 8,000 peacekeeping personnel to south sudan which became independent in july. >> we know what is going on, unfortunately, in japan. we know everybody is busy with the reconstruction. it is this will, this attitude of the japanese people that we want you to bring into this new country. >> lieutenant general gaye says south sudan has only managed to pave roads in the capital juba so peacekeeping troops are needed to help build infrastructure. he also says armed groups that fought in the civil war are being demobilized but the country still faces threats and needs a strong security force. >>> hot and sticky here in tokyo. let's see how weather is shaping up closer to where you are. >>> that is going >> but it's not only the appearance that puz

tepco could restart within 30 minutes of a loss of power and the water pumps braying down by using emergency generators. if problems occur simultaneously, they will use fire engines to inject cooling water. they want to help the government issue an advisory for local residents. the government said they want to lift evacuation advisories for areas 20 to 30 kilometers from the fukushima plant. they are advising the residents in the areas to prepare for emergency evacuation. a recovery time table released on wednesday proposes lifting the notice by the end of september. the government said the situation at the plant has improved. the plan covers the town and parts of four other municipalities. many residents have been forced to evacuate and schools and hospitals are closed. the government said they will begin negotiations with local authorities latter this week and ask them to draw up plans. the measures are collected to include reopening hospitals and other services and decontaminating school yards. they will support each government to respect residents return home. the japanese government sai

to make up for the resulting power loss tepco is generating thermal and hydropower and calling on consumers to continue saving energy. >>> it's been more than five months since the tsunami and nuclear crisis in march. about 4,600 people are still reported missing. the town of okuma is where the fukushima daiichi power plant is located. because of the high radiation levels the area has been designated a no entry zone. one of the town's residents is among the missing, a 7-year-old girl named una kimura. despite the restrictions, una's father never gave up the search but recently he made a painful decision. >> reporter: desperate for news, one man searches for his family missing in the tsunami. this is norio kimura, 46. he's una's father. he was looking for ace father, wataro and his wife, miyuki, and his second daughter, yuna. three people of his family of six have not been seen since the disaster. kimura was unable to return to his hometown of okuma since the accident so he put up photos at convenience stores and gas stations hoping for a lead. >> translator: i'll do everything i can to find

. >>> tepco has already started paying provisional damages to people. but the resident comes plain the payments are too little, too late. the march 11th disaster has even cast a shadow on twof o japan's most popular theme parks. the operator of two disney amusement parks in japan says it posted its biggest quarterly sales decline because of the earthquake. oriental land said on friday that sales in the april-to-june period stood around $620 million, down 43% from a year ago. the company had to close tokyo disneyland and tokyo disney sea for more than a month after a quake-triggered liquefaction damaged parking areas and rolling blackouts hampered operations. before the disaster the two theme parks were popular attractions for both domestic and foreign visitors. oriental land said the number of visitors fell significantly, even after the two facilities reopened, causing both sales and profits to decline. however, the number of visitors in july has recovered to the same level of last year. >> translator: i was worried about the sunken ground, but i'm surp

tepco has restricted access to the site and the surrounding area. it says the workers who took the reading were exposed to a maximum of four millisieverts. the utility says the high level is because the pipes were used to vent air contain roogactive substances from the crippled number one reactor on march 12th. it also detected a maximum of 1,000 millisieverts per hour outside in the debris, as well as a maximum of 4,000 millisieverts per our inside one of the reactor buildings. according to the ministry, a human exposed to 10,000 millisieverts would likely die within a week or two. they also discovered highly radioactive water near the storage facility for contaminated water. it says the water contained 19,000 becquerels roofactive cesium 134 per cubic centimeter and 22,000 becquerels of cesium 137, both very high levels. the utility is investigating how the leak happened. but it says that there is no danger of the contaminated water leaking out of the building. >>> japan's minister in charge of the nuclear crisis says full-scale deconnamination wo

when you talk about things like pay for performance, talking about tepco. talking about scores which the testing manufactures have said for the generations now, test are not meant for this purpose. >> guest: there isn't any one, isn't anyone who's advocate pay for performance. whether joel klein or michelle rhee or any of your other villains. not any want of them. >> host: of course they do. i can't stop you. >> guest: there isn't any one of those people who has advocated that test scores be the full measure even more than half of the measures. >> host: they are to -- >> guest: you are making that up. >> host: that our legislatures across this country, including colorado and others, florida, and also in new york city, 40%. they have no basis for 40% or 50%. they don't know what percentage it should be. look at new york state. tests turned out to be falsely inflated. they collapsed a year ago. we don't give now three years of valid data on which to judge teachers. >> guest: they collapsed because a lot of people, including joel klein said they ought to be re

japan's energy operator tepco has detected the highest level of radiation at the fukushima nuclear facility since the march earthquake and tsunami hit the plant the reading was taken between the first and second reactor buildings registered at levels considered a fatal to human health the company of the government say they remain on target to bring the reactors to a safe state of cold shutdown by january of thousands of people remain in temporary shelter after a no go zone around the complex was in force. mexican police arrested a suspected senior drug figure in the western states on twenty four year old mary snow got a harrison is accused of supervising the production of the means in this state for a local cartel well this is the latest arrest in a series of crackdown so drug cartels by mexican authorities last week police arrested the alleged gang leader who later confessed to ordering the murder of fifteen hundred people. well legendary russian a military helicopter which has been in service for decades is coming back to the front line in afghanistan well the u.s. has bought over a dozen

on to other news now tepco the company that operates japan's devastated fukushima nuclear power plant has confirmed radioactive material is still present in the surrounding air and soil reports also claim the pipes of at least one of the reactors were seriously damaged during the tremor that triggered the devastating tsunami this raises concerns that the facility built in an active tectonic region wasn't capable of withstanding a powerful quake and was doomed from the start its cooling system failed and the reactor went into meltdown after the initial trauma and the following fifteen meter wave the plant has been leaking radioactive material since of the disaster despite continued efforts to patch up the damage professor professor christopher busby of the european committee on radiation risks says that nuclear energy in japan should be abandoned altogether. it was very silly to build reactors on on what what is clearly a poor line and in an area where there are known to be. quakes and we see the result of having done that you cannot really believe that you can cage these things and ex

japan's energy operator tepco has detected the highest level of radiation at the fukushima nuclear facility since the march earthquake and tsunami hit the plant the reading taken between the first and second reactor buildings registered at levels considered a fatal to human health become beauty and government say they remain on target to bring the reactors to a safe state of cold shutdown by january. still tens of thousands of people remain in temporary shelter after a no go zone around the complex was forced. mexican police arrested a suspected senior drug figure in the western state of michoacan twenty four year old mary snow got a harrison is accused of supervising the production of methamphetamines of the state for a local cartel so this is the latest arrest of a series of crackdowns on drug cartels by that's a good of border just last week police arrested the alleged gang leader who later confessed to ordering the murder of fifteen hundred feet. of booking a ticket to space is a goal for many but one that very few have managed to achieve and in just a few minutes the commander of the l

to all the world these dow and tepco the company that operates japan's devastated because she when you play a power plant has confirmed radioactive material is still present in the surrounding soil reports also claimed the pipes of at least one of the reactors was seriously damaged even before being hit by the devastation tsunami in march the allegations raise concerns of the facility was doomed from the beginning it's here eight hundred wet reporting begins the cooling system failed and went into meltdown after the massive earthquake and the following fifteen miles away from the plant's been leaking radioactive material since the disaster despite continued efforts to patch up the damage professor chris for possibly a european commission on radiation risks says that nuclear energy in japan should be found together. it was very silly to build reactors on what is clearly a line and in an area where there are known to be. great. we see the result of having to you cannot really believe that you can cage these things and expect them not to come out and not to have these sorts of accidents a

than seventy operator tepco has detected the highest level of radiation at the fukushima nuclear facility since the march earthquake and tsunami hit the plant the reading of taken between the first and second reactor buildings registered at levels considered fatal to human health by the company and government say they remained on target to bring the reactors to a safe state of called a shutdown by january tens of thousands of people remain in temporary shelter after a no go zone around the complex was in force. more top stories ahead but first let's head to business with kareena. good morning and welcome to business update here in r.t. the optimism created by the u.s. avoiding a debt default has been particularly short for the markets instead investors are focusing on the poor state of the world economy the fact that washington will be cutting spending by to help trillion dollars over the next ten years so the concern . and we do see you in plays we're going to see some significant cuts in public spending in the second half of the year exactly at a time when the u.s. economy is slowing do

tepco said it detected the highest radiation levels to date at the crippled nuclear facility recording ten thousand millisieverts an hour the maximum load all the devices can even measure the measurements and lethal measurements by the way i would say. the measurements were taken just outside of ventilation stack in reactors one and two reactors we saw explode in the weeks after the quake quake and tsunami so what's going on here with the nuclear crisis in japan actually the worsening after five months is said to shed some light on the issues haven't amps if their waste watchdog beyond nuclear kevin welcome. what's what's the deal ten thousand millisieverts ten sieverts is fatal virtually instantly fatal and this is coming out of these two stacks why now why so hi well another way to put that is one thousand per hour and a five hundred gram dose is fatal and you'll die two weeks or two months later from your bone marrow not being able to reproduce red blood cells from the lining of your gut dying and you die of massive infection so if you work around that kind of level for thirty minut

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japan's energy operator tepco has detected an extremely high radiation reading at the fukushima nuclear facility since the march earthquake and tsunami the recent levels are more than double the previous high and are considered fatal the company and government say they are still on track however to bring the reactors to a safe state of cold shutdown by january meanwhile tens of thousands of people remain in temporary shelters after a no go zone around the complex was enforced. a legendary russian military helicopter which has been in service for decades is coming back to the front line in afghanistan the u.s. which is withdrawing from the region more than a dozen of the truck was from russia for the afghan security forces that's entirely novikoff and has the story. i'm glad it's is the nickname soviet soldiers gave to the strong sandy went over afghanistan over twenty years ago they regarded as their main enemy as they struggled through air missions over high mountains in extreme weather now it's used to describe these the soviet designed am i seventeen which made its name as a valid su