well almost to the day a year ago tokyo electric intentionally released eleven thousand five hundred tons or three million gallons of radioactive water into the ocean on purpose but federal government of japan gave them permission there's recent news media reports that it was under pressure from the united states government and the excuse that the time not the excuse at the time was that tokyo electric was out of storage space for radioactive water at the plant and they had a lot more calm and they were trying to keep the reactors as cool as possible because of the meltdowns they were clearing away last contaminated water to make room for much more contaminated water to come that's the decision they made and that plume as you said it's taken a year but it's now reached hawaii another year from now it'll probably reach the west coast of the united states and yes those are our fishing waters but the fish happen to move around there are species of tuna that spawn part of their life cycle on the japanese north east coast and they have migrated to the united states already so where is the

tokyo electric power company will use a robot mountd with five cameras, a dosimeter and an audio recordera worker in an adjacent building wilma nufr the robot through a cable link as it checks for damage to the suppression chamber and containment vessel. this will be the first inspection of the suspension chamber since the nuclear accident. a manhole will also be checked and radiation measurements taken in the area. any damage to the suppression chamber and the containment vessel will have to be repaired before the vessel is filled with water to retrieve the melted fuel rods. removing these rods will be a crucial step in decommissioning the reactor. >>> different voices are weighing in on japan's debate regarding the restart of nuclear plans. only one of the country's 54 reactors is online. it goes offline in early may. government officials are looking into restarting units located about 400 kilometers west of tokyo to keep up with summer electricity demand. but two governors in the west want them to hold off. the central government wants two reactors at the ohi plant in fukui prefecture

. >>> tokyo electric power company will have an outsider as its new chairman. under the new leadership the utility will start to formulate a plan to turn around the troubled business in the wake of last year's nuclear disaster at the fukushima daiichi plant. kazuhiko shimokobe will become the new chairman. he is a lawyer and chairman of a steering committee of a state-backed nuclear compensation fund. he accepted the offer for the post on thursday. >> translator: i will do my best together with all the employees and take tepco in the right direction. >> shimokobe is versed in compliance issues at companies. in 2006 he was a member of an independent panel investigating a high-profile window dressing scandal, which involved the internet firm live door. he also headed a third-party panel heading the cost management and finances after last year's nuclear accident. the new chairman will play a crucial role in drawing up tepco's turn around proposal. the plan is a condition for the utility to receive public funds over $12 billion. tepco must submit the plan by mid-ma

tokyo electric power company plans to fill the containment vessels with water before retrieving the melted fuel roads. but radioactive waste water continues to leak out of the number one and three reactors. tepco on wednesday sent a robot with five cameras into a scaffold around the number two reactor suppression chamber. workers maneuvered the robot to check about 90% of the upper part of the chamber. but they found no serious damage or defamation. the utility has not been able to confirm the conditions of pipes connecting the containment vessel where the company expects water is leaking. >>> let's turn now to the world weather forecast. >>> hi there. things are getting wet across western japan because of a southwesterly flow coming in from the ocean. it's going to be particularly wet on the pacific side with thunderstorms and gusty winds possible into tomorrow. but behind us, dry and warm across the korean peninsula and up towards the north, a low pressure system, which is bringing a wintry mix into mongolia, starting to move into northeastern china. actually, some hail had been reported

tokyo electric power company plans to fill the containment vessels at the reactors with water before retrieving the fuel rods. highly active wastewater continues to leak out of the containment vessels of the number one to number three reactors. tepco first has to repair the damage to the containment vessels and suppression chambers underneath. tepco on wednesday sent a robot with five cameras into a scaffold around the number two reactor's suppression amber. that's the suppression chamber. workers maneuvered the robot to check about 90% of the upper part of the 125-meter doughnut-shaped chamber. but they found no serious damage or deformation. the utility says there were no water leaks or traces in maoles on the chamber, where leakage had been suspected. but tepco has not been able to confirm the condition of pipes connecting the suppression pool and the containment vessel where the company also suspects water is leaking. >>> japan and ukraine have concluded a deal that would allow them to cooperate on post-nuclear disaster issues. the two countries have endured the worst nuclear cri

. >>> tokyo electric power company plans to fill the containment vessels with the reactors with water before retrieving the melted fuel rods. but highly radioactive wastewater continues to leak out of the containment vessels of the number 1 to number 3 reactors. so tepco first has to repair the damage to the containment vessels and suppression chambers underneath. tepco on wednesday sent a robot with five cameras and a do si meter into a scaffold. workers maneuvered the robot to check about 90% of the upper part of the 125-meter doughnut-shaped chamber, but they found no serious damage or deformation. the utility says there were no leaks, or water leaks or traces in manholes on the chamber where leakage had been suspected. tepco has not been able to confirm the conditions of pipes connecting the suppression pool and the containment vessel where the company also suspects water is leaking. >>> myanmar's pro democracy leader aung sung suu kyi is planning her first overseas trip in over 40 years. let's get the details from patchari raksawong. >> the last time the nobel peace laureate left

tokyo electric company will use an 80-centimeter tall robot mounted with five cameras, a dosimeter andudio recorder. a worker in an adjacent building will control it through a cable link. a team will check for damage to the suppression chamber and the containment vessel. the robot will also measure radiation levels. tepco will have to repair any damage to the chamber and vessel. then a crew will fill the vessel with water and retrieve melted fuel rods. >>> municipal leaders in japan's northeast are making the best of a bad situation. last year's tsunami devastated coastal towns and cities. evidence of the destruction still remains. so locals are offering visitors disaster-area tours. we're taking you on one for this week's "road ahead." here's nhk world's yukari condo. >> reporter: junko from miyago city leads a tour. the city's tourism office hired her in february as a disaster area guide. the tsunami -- it also left her jobless. looking back on the ordeal, how to bear. then a friend in tokyo asked her if things up north were back to normal. she said she hadn't heard much news about t

tokyo electric power company engineers sent a robot inside the suppression chamber of one of the reactors in april for first time. that's an area located at the bottom of the containment vessel. the robot had five cameras and a dosimeter t traveled around much of the suppression chamber, which is 125 meters in circumference. earlier nhk world told us about the results of the inspection. >> translator: the main purpose of the inspection was to check for any damage to the suppression chamber at reactor number one to number three, high temperature melted fuel, made a hole at the bottom of the pressure vessel and part of the fuel had fallen to the bottom of the containment vessel and is lying there in highly radioactive water. tepco had initially thought the water level in the containment vessel of number two reactor was 3 meters. but inspection using an endoscope found the water is just 60 centimeters deep. this indicates the water is leaking from the suppression chamber. the government and tepco are planning to fuel the containment vessel with water to retrieve melted fuel rods inside. any

>>darya: tokyo electric officials believe they have stopped the leak in in of nuclear waste into watert happening many times. here is a look at whether. it is chilly out there. >>james: it is blustery in some spots. this is the mt. tam camera. it has been shaking quite a bit. it is mostly clear out there. we're looking at nice conditions but we have to get through this bit of cold weather. all and all, today will be mostly sunny and cooler. a touch cooler than yesterday. upper 50s around the bay and along the coast. even as you head inland, you could see 60 near santa rosa and in napa and again near sunnyvale but a majority of the bay area was settled in the upper 50s. tomorrow, temperatures will be in the '60s, a great weights and the week. this weekend, sunny and warm conditions for saturday and sunday. the only caveat will be the chance of a north a shower on sunday. this is mainly impacting santa rosa. as a >>george: good morning. we are still tracking a pretty good ride. no hot spots. on the stand and say a bridge, there are no problems to report. the kindle westbound has been a g

shut down-- including the three operating reactors at the fukushima daiichi complex run by the tokyo electric power company-- tepco-- the largest utility in japan. the massive earthquake triggered blackouts throughout the area. inside the plant, tepco workers lost electric power, vital for pumping cooling water onto the hot nuclear cores. but as planned, 12 emergency diesel generators kicked in-- giant locomotive-size machines like this-- producing backup electricity to run all the plant's safety systems. but what happened next changed everything. >> everything was working fine until tsunami came. >> o'brien: barely half an hour after the quake, the first of a series of tsunami waves hit japan's coast. the world watched as the waves washed over 1,300 miles of coastline, destroying communities and killing thousands. then, at about 3:30, just 45 minutes after the earthquake, one of the giant waves inundated the fukushima nuclear plant. the plant's seawall was designed to block a 17-foot tsunami. the actual wave was at least three times that height. >> i was really surprised when i saw the pictu

water may have leaked into the ocean but maintain there is no immediate health threat now the tokyo electrickers have stopped the flow, there have been several similar leaks since last year. >>> also the u.s. coast guard plans to sink a fishing boat that was swept away by the tsunami off the coast of japan the rust stained vessel was discovered in the pacific last month and now 170 nautical miles from sit coo alaska considered a hazard for navigation vessels in the area. >> tucker joins us. >> amazing. >> that even turned up so many months later. >> there is a whole field of debris moving across the pacific incredible. >> okay. here, nice. >> no floating debris. >> none that we know of. >> none in the forecast we should be in for a nice couple days the trend will be to warm things up particularly for easter sunday, lot of sunshine next couple days cooler air overnight temperatures have fallen back a little bit regan national, 49 degrees, 45 in gaithersburg 40s here off to the north and west and you know what we will be in for a slow warm up as winds shifted north, and locked in the cooler ai

. >> reporter: this say world class electric vehicle, recently unveiled in tokyo. runs 351 kilometers per charge. that's nearly 1.5 times further than electric vehicles currently in mass production. a key factor is the innovative wheels. motors are inserted directly inside the wheels. it's called in-wheel motor technology. since the power efficiency increases with this technology, the vehicles can achieve a mileage rate 30% more than existing electric cars. sim-wil was developed by thin drive corporation, a venture capital company. this professor has been leading the project. the firm is choosing multicompany collaboration instead of in-house development. they say that this is a more efficient way to promote the industry. thin drive could spark a trend. the vehicle's extended mileage goes beyond in-wheel motors. technologies from a range of industries are being used. chemical companies and parts manufacturers have helped reduce the weight of the vehicle. >> translator: it's a completely new principle. everything is ground breaking. until now, it was the norm to mak

electric? >> yeah, you will go down. >> oh, it's great info. >> and the sterilitys of tokyo can be wild, as well.ut nothing is busier than this intersection where thousands of people cross the street simultaneously all from red at the same time. >> we could. well, what are you doing? >> yeah, flash mob. >> cut in traffic. >> that's waldo. made it. that was a cake walk. >> now, back in america, we've got our eye on the women final four. just after 6:00, we'll have the complete rap on that tonight at 11:00. >> sister hood, okay. thank you very much, scott. well, when we come back, picking up the pieces after divorce. we'll explain how it's been made a little easier. >>> well, the first expo dealing with issues of divorce took place in new york city this weekend. information on resources for men and women who were separated or faces divorce were available. hundreds stopped by to hear experts in the fields of law, finance, psychology and health. >> i think what we want to do for you is we want to answer all of the questions that you might have about your divorce, about starting your life over, about

electric? >> yeah, you will go down. >> huh. great info. >> and the streets of tokyowild as well, but nothing is crazier than this intersection where thousands of people cross the street simultaneously as eight different stop lights all turn red at the same time. >> okay. go. >> what you doing? >> come on. >> yeah, flash mob! >> cut in traffic. >> we're doing the same thing, we've got to keep up. >> yeah. approximate that's walled dough. where's waldo? found him. made it. >> whoo-hoo! >> that was easy. that was a cakewalk. >> i want to know when i'm going to get paid to head overseas with a couple of pro athletes, right? >> sign me up. >> no kidding. >> looked good. >> let's check the forecast. >> we saw a very windy day. here's stats if you want to pick out your hometown. san francisco 36 miles per hour early this morning 3:00, 4:00. san martin early this morning around 4:00, 5:00, 33 miles per hour. san jose, 29 miles per hour this afternoon. so it's been a very blustery day and major beach erosion across the bay. things have calmed down. that jet stream that was di

electricity in japan. it killed two people and injured about 160 others. that storm grounded more than 500 flights and stopped commuter trains in and around tokyo. >>> if you'redecorating easter eggs this week with your kids, do you think you can match this? this woman in germany wears a traditional costume to purchase her easter eggs and she demonstrates the wax technique that she uses to create the beautiful wo