. >>> marine physicist, yukio matsumoto, runs simulations on how radiation spreads through the oceans. winds and water temperatures affect howesm 137 from the ant trel thsubstance flow fm the plant for several wes ter the cident. the red ea shows hh leve of cesm remaed neath coast. en aft one month warm a cold rrents converg in waters off the plant and trapd the cesi nr the shore. contamat wer lingers alo the cot. thremonths latthe si dispersed wwh the r ar turns yellow d en blue. >> translator: the radioactive substance may have a long-time effect across a wide area. >> professor takashi ishimoto of tokyo university of mari science and technology, studies marine biology. he has looked at fish off fukushima. they eat sand and starfish that are contaminated by radioactive substances. he conducted his first survey four months ago and found low levels of cesium in serpent starfish and in sand worms. larger fish eat those creatures. he said the concentration of radioactive substances rises ten fold inside the fish and exceeds the legal limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram. >> translator:

nuclear crisis minister goshi hosono and industry minister yukio edano gave the news to the president and the head of two government agencies on wednesday. the ministers requested the removal of the used fuel rods from storage pools at four reactors to begin within two years. this is one year ahead of what the atomic energy commission called for in its report that came out earlier on wednesday. the government also requested the removal of melted fuel rods from the reactors to begin within ten years. >> translator: nuclear decommissioning work should not be affected by the financial conditions of tepco. the government is at the forefront in shaping the timetable. >> translator: the goal set for our company is extremely difficult, but we are aware that it has to be accomplished in order to regain public trust in our activities. >> they said tepco will work with all parties concerned to come up with the clear technical plan and find ways to fund the process. >>> developers of some of the world's leading high tech companies are showing off their projects at the international robot exhibit

economic policy that it doesn't diversify away from energy anough energy exports do you think the job yukio is actually an impetus an outside into tears that will actually push forward that agenda of diversifying away from energy. well as was rightly said. well i think. it's a great boost because if you have a hero a competitive business which can produce efficiently and compete globally then those businesses get an additional support through promoting their product to the international markets so the competitive industries competitive businesses will definitely benefit because of the access to international markets because they can produce not now and actually. you know you can not if unless you want to build this efficient businesses you cannot avoid international competition it will be here somehow so the if we in the w t o just gives. you know a much better much more organized. way to to compete and competition is good in this specially for the north in our oil and gas related industry as you know nic if anything is a competition that's one of the things i regret there isn't enough of i

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