Japan was late afternoon (15.36 hours) and a loud explosion was heard near the reactor No. 1 of the Fukushima nuclear power plant (about 270 miles northeast of Tokyo). Here the level of radioactivity had increased alarmingly after a strong earthquake which shook eastern Japan yesterday. Four nuclear plant workers have been injured by the effects of the blast, but not in critical condition, according to the operator, Tokyo Elecytric Powe Co.
This accident has been evaluated and positioned by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan at level 4 on a scale of 7. This incident must add a new replica of 6 on the Richter scale hit the Fukushima coast, which took place at 22.15 (local time), the consequences are still unknown.
The alarm has spread throughout the country and the international community after the explosion, but the Government of Japan, which has appealed for calm, assured that he has not taken place in the reactor and has not generated any radioactive leak important. However, the Kyodo news agency, three people who live near the nuclear plant were contaminated with radioactivity.
In a press conference, the minister spokesman Yukio Edan, explained that it has not been damaged tank that protects the reactor and that the explosion was due to a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Also reported that the level of radioactivity in the area has fallen. However, a team from the National Institute of Radiological studies may have been sent to Fukushima.
Would consist of doctors, nurses and others specializing in the treatment of radiation exposure. After the explosion, the radiation at the plant rose to an unusual level (in the control room of one reactor radiation shot up to 1,000 times above its normal level), according to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan therefore ordered the evacuation of people first in a perimeter of 3 kilometers, then 10 and later 20.
According to Kyodo News agency reported more than 51,207 people could be left the area. However, evidence points to a lack of information among citizens, many would continue in the affected areas, and roads in and out are not cut. In turn, it is proceeding to the distribution of iodine between those who have been evacuated and those who are still in the zones.
Iodine has the ability to block the passage of radioactive iodine to the thyroid gland, preventing thyroid cancer. Experts say it is more effective in children and young adults. Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has described what happened as "a national catastrophe without precedent", he moved to the ground hours before the press conference and said that he had released "minimal amounts of radiation" from the central Fukushima after the earthquake of 8, 8 magnitude on the Richter scale that struck on Friday the east coast of Japan.
The explosion caused damage to roofs and walls of the plant, and it wounded four technicians working on the release of pressure from the reactors of the plant to prevent a merger after the situation was exacerbated by failures in the system cooling. According to experts, lack of coolant in the reactor can have a period of 24 hours in severe consequences, including the merger of the core of uranium rods from the plant.
Were also identified problems first thing in another plant next door, No. 2, to reduce the temperature of three of its four nuclear reactors, according to the facility operator, Tokyo Electric Power Corporation. Radiation from nuclear plants has attracted criticism from environmental groups like Greenpeace, who insisted that "any quantity" of radioactive material into the atmosphere poses a risk to people.
For the group, the fact that the Fukushima nuclear plant "has a leak" or "was made to release" reactor gaseous pollutants in the atmosphere "means that all the physical protection that would isolate the radioactivity has failed." The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the deaths of 621 people in the quake and said it expected a rise in the number of victims.
A further 1,040 people injured and 645 would continue missing after the earthquake of magnitude 8.9 on the Richter scale. United Nations, based on data from the Japanese Government, said that 51,207 people were evacuated in the Fukushima area where the earthquake was damaged nuclear plant.
According to a WHO spokesman in Geneva, at the moment there is a slight risk to the population. Japanese police reported the recovery of at least 400 bodies, while more than 800 people are missing. The government fears that the death toll exceeds 1,000, the cabinet secretary said Japan, Yukio Edan.
According to Kyodo, some 300,000 people have been evacuated in five provinces of northeastern Japan. The minister spokesman Yukio Edan, said today during an emergency committee meeting in Tokyo that "we think over a thousand people have lost their lives" because of the earthquake, the "biggest since the Meiji era" in the late nineteenth century, since the recorded data.
The Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said that 50,000 soldiers will be dedicated to the rescue efforts in the affected provinces of northeastern Japan. Some 190 aircraft and 25 ships have been deployed for search tasks in which U.S. forces will work with their boats to transport troops from the Self-Defense Forces (Army Japan).
According to Kyodo, there are at least 3,400 buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Japan, which also killed at least 200 fires in the territory of Japan. In the eastern province of Iwate, some cities were practically wiped off the map by the tsunami that caused the earthquake, with waves up to ten meters high. 
This accident has been evaluated and positioned by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan at level 4 on a scale of 7. This incident must add a new replica of 6 on the Richter scale hit the Fukushima coast, which took place at 22.15 (local time), the consequences are still unknown.
The alarm has spread throughout the country and the international community after the explosion, but the Government of Japan, which has appealed for calm, assured that he has not taken place in the reactor and has not generated any radioactive leak important. However, the Kyodo news agency, three people who live near the nuclear plant were contaminated with radioactivity.
In a press conference, the minister spokesman Yukio Edan, explained that it has not been damaged tank that protects the reactor and that the explosion was due to a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Also reported that the level of radioactivity in the area has fallen. However, a team from the National Institute of Radiological studies may have been sent to Fukushima.
Would consist of doctors, nurses and others specializing in the treatment of radiation exposure. After the explosion, the radiation at the plant rose to an unusual level (in the control room of one reactor radiation shot up to 1,000 times above its normal level), according to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan therefore ordered the evacuation of people first in a perimeter of 3 kilometers, then 10 and later 20.
According to Kyodo News agency reported more than 51,207 people could be left the area. However, evidence points to a lack of information among citizens, many would continue in the affected areas, and roads in and out are not cut. In turn, it is proceeding to the distribution of iodine between those who have been evacuated and those who are still in the zones.
Iodine has the ability to block the passage of radioactive iodine to the thyroid gland, preventing thyroid cancer. Experts say it is more effective in children and young adults. Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has described what happened as "a national catastrophe without precedent", he moved to the ground hours before the press conference and said that he had released "minimal amounts of radiation" from the central Fukushima after the earthquake of 8, 8 magnitude on the Richter scale that struck on Friday the east coast of Japan.
The explosion caused damage to roofs and walls of the plant, and it wounded four technicians working on the release of pressure from the reactors of the plant to prevent a merger after the situation was exacerbated by failures in the system cooling. According to experts, lack of coolant in the reactor can have a period of 24 hours in severe consequences, including the merger of the core of uranium rods from the plant.
Were also identified problems first thing in another plant next door, No. 2, to reduce the temperature of three of its four nuclear reactors, according to the facility operator, Tokyo Electric Power Corporation. Radiation from nuclear plants has attracted criticism from environmental groups like Greenpeace, who insisted that "any quantity" of radioactive material into the atmosphere poses a risk to people.
For the group, the fact that the Fukushima nuclear plant "has a leak" or "was made to release" reactor gaseous pollutants in the atmosphere "means that all the physical protection that would isolate the radioactivity has failed." The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the deaths of 621 people in the quake and said it expected a rise in the number of victims.
A further 1,040 people injured and 645 would continue missing after the earthquake of magnitude 8.9 on the Richter scale. United Nations, based on data from the Japanese Government, said that 51,207 people were evacuated in the Fukushima area where the earthquake was damaged nuclear plant.
According to a WHO spokesman in Geneva, at the moment there is a slight risk to the population. Japanese police reported the recovery of at least 400 bodies, while more than 800 people are missing. The government fears that the death toll exceeds 1,000, the cabinet secretary said Japan, Yukio Edan.
According to Kyodo, some 300,000 people have been evacuated in five provinces of northeastern Japan. The minister spokesman Yukio Edan, said today during an emergency committee meeting in Tokyo that "we think over a thousand people have lost their lives" because of the earthquake, the "biggest since the Meiji era" in the late nineteenth century, since the recorded data.
The Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said that 50,000 soldiers will be dedicated to the rescue efforts in the affected provinces of northeastern Japan. Some 190 aircraft and 25 ships have been deployed for search tasks in which U.S. forces will work with their boats to transport troops from the Self-Defense Forces (Army Japan).
According to Kyodo, there are at least 3,400 buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Japan, which also killed at least 200 fires in the territory of Japan. In the eastern province of Iwate, some cities were practically wiped off the map by the tsunami that caused the earthquake, with waves up to ten meters high.
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