The Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, said that the situation in the Fukushima nuclear plant is still 'very serious' and 'very poor', during a public arraignment two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of country. According to Kan, the evolution of the plant is "unpredictable", though the government is doing everything possible to control and firefighters are still working against the clock to prevent further deterioration.
One of the operators of nuclear panta said that the operations of the central hilly enfriamemiento could last more than a month. Fukushima three employees who were exposed to extremely high radiation doses in a water worked, said the operator Tepco, values of radioactivity was 10,000 times higher than normal.
Japan fears the reactor 3 has suffered critical damage. The measurement of radioactivity levels points, according to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan, the possibility that the fuel rods in this reactor are damaged. A spokesman for the agency said Japan that water containing radiation may come from the reactor core, so it "can not rule out" that you damage the containment vessel but insisted "it is premature to offer conclusions." The company that manages the plant and the repair work has reached the same conclusion.
The affected workers on 24 in the reactor core 3 of the Fukushima I, where trying to repair cables to restore the reactor cooling system. While doing their work not wearing protective boots, so that water with high radioactivity crossed them shoes. Two of the three workers with burns were taken to a special clinic.
This Friday will be transferred from Fukushima to Chiba city south of Tokyo, National Institute of Radiation Research. There they will remain under observation for four days. The operator TEPCO said that during an inspection on Wednesday, 23 there was no water at the site where technicians then worked.
After the incident, the Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety in Japan urged the nuclear plant operator to strengthen protection. Having these data, the Japanese Government has increased from 20 to 30 km radius of evacuation around the plant and asked the villagers to leave their homes and go to shelters.
Naoto Kan has promised transparency in reporting on the crisis while the number of confirmed deaths from the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 in northeast Japan has surpassed 10,000, exactly two weeks after disaster, according to Kyodo news agency. Specifically, the death toll rose to 10,035 people, while the missing are 17,443, according to the latest tally of Japan's police.
Two weeks after the quake in the northeastern coast of Japan, the worst natural disaster after World War II, some 250,000 people reside in 1,900 temporary shelters and crisis must be resolved even nuclear plant in Fukushima. Since the severe earthquake on Friday 11, in Japan there have been 700 replies and almost every day there is a quake of more than 6 on the Richter scale, which usually has its epicenter off the coast of the three most affected provinces. 
One of the operators of nuclear panta said that the operations of the central hilly enfriamemiento could last more than a month. Fukushima three employees who were exposed to extremely high radiation doses in a water worked, said the operator Tepco, values of radioactivity was 10,000 times higher than normal.
Japan fears the reactor 3 has suffered critical damage. The measurement of radioactivity levels points, according to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan, the possibility that the fuel rods in this reactor are damaged. A spokesman for the agency said Japan that water containing radiation may come from the reactor core, so it "can not rule out" that you damage the containment vessel but insisted "it is premature to offer conclusions." The company that manages the plant and the repair work has reached the same conclusion.
The affected workers on 24 in the reactor core 3 of the Fukushima I, where trying to repair cables to restore the reactor cooling system. While doing their work not wearing protective boots, so that water with high radioactivity crossed them shoes. Two of the three workers with burns were taken to a special clinic.
This Friday will be transferred from Fukushima to Chiba city south of Tokyo, National Institute of Radiation Research. There they will remain under observation for four days. The operator TEPCO said that during an inspection on Wednesday, 23 there was no water at the site where technicians then worked.
After the incident, the Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety in Japan urged the nuclear plant operator to strengthen protection. Having these data, the Japanese Government has increased from 20 to 30 km radius of evacuation around the plant and asked the villagers to leave their homes and go to shelters.
Naoto Kan has promised transparency in reporting on the crisis while the number of confirmed deaths from the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11 in northeast Japan has surpassed 10,000, exactly two weeks after disaster, according to Kyodo news agency. Specifically, the death toll rose to 10,035 people, while the missing are 17,443, according to the latest tally of Japan's police.
Two weeks after the quake in the northeastern coast of Japan, the worst natural disaster after World War II, some 250,000 people reside in 1,900 temporary shelters and crisis must be resolved even nuclear plant in Fukushima. Since the severe earthquake on Friday 11, in Japan there have been 700 replies and almost every day there is a quake of more than 6 on the Richter scale, which usually has its epicenter off the coast of the three most affected provinces.
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