and what happened in fukushima is a very sad event indeed because the nuclear industry had compiled a twenty five year record of almost impeccable performance in the thirty countries around the world that make nuclear power and it was truly a sad day march eleventh of this year when the worst earthquake in japanese history combined with an incredibly large tsunami. to disable unfortunately and ironically to disable a non nuclear part of the fukushima plant the plant the nuclear power reactors there had shut down successfully in the face of the reactor of the earthquake. but they needed as all nuclear reactors needed they needed some extra assistance some extra no power to assist them in cooling down to normal atmospheric ambient temperatures and this was lost due to poor planning that allowed the the backup diesel generators to be flooded by a tsunami that exceeded our expectations and so we have this irony that. the loss of a simple set of diesel generators such as night be found on a russian farm even. caused this highly publicized event and event that hasn't yet been responsible fo

in our final installment, we're looking at situation at the fukushima daiichi. in a moment, we'll speak to the spokesperson of japan's nuclear watchdog. but first, let's go over what's happened at the nuclear plant and where things stand now. >> on march 11th, the earthquake and tsunami knocked out the cooling systems for reactors one, two, three and four at fukushima daiichi. reactor four was offline for inspection, but the status of its spent fuel pool became a concern. an inability to keep the fuel cool led to hydrogen explosions in all four reactor buildings. tokyo electric power company used seawater and then freshwater to control the reactors. the nuclear and industrial safety agency revealed in a recent report that full meltdowns happened in reactors one, two, and three between five and 80 hours after the earthquake. it is also likely the fuel burned through the reactor pressure vessel and is now at the bottom of the containment vessel. in the same report, the agency said an estimated 770,000 terrabecquerels of radiation leaked into the air in the six day

now what happened in fukushima is a very sad event indeed because the nuclear industry had compiled a twenty five year record of almost impeccable performance in the thirty countries around the world that make nuclear power and it was truly a sad day march eleventh of this year when the worst earthquake in japanese history combined with an incredibly large tsunami. to disable unfortunately and ironically to disable a non nuclear part of the fukushima plant the plant the nuclear power reactors there had shut down successfully in the face of the reactor it would be earthquake . but they needed as all nuclear reactors needed they needed some extra assistance some extra no power to assist them in cooling down to normal atmospheric ambient temperatures and this was lost due to poor planning that allowed the the backup diesel generators to be flooded by a tsunami that exceeded all expectations and so we have this irony that. the loss of a simple set of diesel generators such as night we found on a russian farm have been. caused to this highly publicized event and event that hasn't yet been

it's located far away from the troubled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. concerns linger that agricultural products grown there may be contaminated with radioactive substances. now, farmers are trying to find ways to cope with the drop in rice sales abroad. they're fighting these food fears by giving their clients access to key information. mouainsfice are stored in this warehouse. a total of 20 tons of rice is awaiting export from warehouses like this. >> translator: the rice was supposed to be shipped overseas from mid-march to late april, but shipments have been canceled. >> the town of shoni, yamagata prefecture is 180 kilometers northwest of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. it's known as japan's biggest rice producing communities. the ceo of an agricultural corporation founded by eight local farmers. the farmers began exporting rice two years ago. they aim to expand overseas sales to offset sluggish business in the domestic market. >> translator: cooking instructions are written in four different languages on the back of the bag. >> reporter

about what they put in about fifty minutes from now the meantime one man who says events at fukushima shouldn't be called a disaster is john rich director general of the world nuclear association he explains to r.t. so he should not say why he thinks but nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and getting safer. carrie it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much has an equal protection technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america that we had sure noble in ukraine we just had fukushima. but there i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is produ

thomas has been at the fukushima city to measure radiation levels here's what he discovered. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher or really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility about the plant number one where a lot of that radiation. relating from look the winds are bringing that radiation in the. city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels or one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we are working with today. different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple method to actually clean that radiation up and you guys actually i can assure you we. are working to the can contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two gentlemen aren't wearing any protective clothing clothing what the scientists are so one of the concerns i

well i want a man who says fukushima shouldn't be called a disaster rich director general of the world nuclear association he explained. why he thinks that nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and continues to get safer. jerry it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much is the new production technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america we had sure noble in ukraine we just had fukushima but the i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world's electricity is how essential east safe it has begin been it does not emit

officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here and watch higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the ground is really pretty quiet tonight micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and a lot of it collected the radiation will quickly jumped out and it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than a wildly accepted level of state relations. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese government has had to be creative with the numbers but the government did they change the redish a quantum level down by the levels from one. to twenty million. twenty times. the standards before the accident and now. they raise the. the standard so that they can say it's safe but actually the standard has changed the new higher levels mean tha

japanese people have no trust in the government and public anger growing at tokyo's handling of the fukushima nuclear disaster as fifteen people living outside the exclusion zone are diagnosed with radiation poisoning. two am in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories around the clock here on r t the international criminal court at the hague has issued an arrest warrant for libyan leader moammar gadhafi in two of his closest allies they're accused of ordering the killing of civilians during the start of the popular uprising in february this comes as nato forces continue pounding targets belonging to forces loyal to the colonel with reports of his personal bus being struck close to his compound in the capital tripoli artie's arena glue show has the details from the court. namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting his civilians of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision and the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of the intern

we've seen the media have a frenzy in covering the accident at fukushima which has not made it had not been responsible for a single radiation fatality we have twenty four thousand citizens having died from the earthquake and the tsunami we've had a mishap a serious mishap at the fukushima power plant that has yet to produce a single fatality and yet people are using the word the phrase nuclear disaster nuclear tragedy as if something terribly harmful has occurred i'm in the at the beginning of the of the line when it comes to being unhappy about what happened at fukushima i think it was a tragedy in terms of the world's understanding of the essential safety of nuclear power i also think however that it might also be educational in the long term because people have begun to focus on and as they begin to begin to focus even more clearly on the ultimate consequences of fukushima they will learn that there was relatively little damage done by this event and this was a worst case nuclear event after for christina you said we need to go back and look at whether those posts shut down cooling

japanese people have no trust in the government and public anger growing at tokyo's handling of the fukushima nuclear disaster as fifteen people outside the exclusion zone are diagnosed with radiation poisoning. news around the clock from around the world six am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the international criminal court at the hague has issued an. arrest warrant for libyan leader moammar gadhafi and two of his closest allies they were accused of ordering the killing of civilians during the start of a popular uprising in february this as nato forces continue pounding targets belonging to forces loyal to the colonel with reports of his personal bus being struck close to his compound in the capital tripoli are teaser really to lose go as details namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting kids to the ends of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision at the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of

as being at the fukushima city to measure. education levels as well he just got. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are. really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility that's plant number one where a lot of that radiation. but dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in to fukushima city and the rain and the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we're working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and these guys actually tell you. are working could be can't contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen are wearing any protective clothing the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually h

a matter of the way from reactor number one in fukushima city radiation levels are much higher. and coming up we have all the details of. fukushima the radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars on to the european market. pro palestinian and sentiment rules across europe as activists demanded horses stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of good strong illegal settlements. and with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving the senate the questions are raised if the news outlets turning into its. global news around the clock this is all it's a lie from scott a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element of strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause leukemia meanwhile japan's health and a labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight. s

well i want to who says events fukushima shouldn't be called a disaster is john rich director general of the world nuclear association explains to auntie's and so if you should not say what he thinks that nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and continues to get safer. carrie it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much of the new production technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is forced for sure we had three mile island in america that we had turned over all in ukraine we just had fukushima but the i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world's electricity

the fukushima crisis has caused people to rethink nuclear policy worldwide. >> the fukushima dai-ichi power plant after its multiple meltdowns. investigations have shown that the investigation was made much worse because of serious safety problems. there are more than 400 nuclear power plants worldwide. how well are they prepared to deal with similar problems? the international atomic energy agency drafts safety guidelines for nuclear reactors, but those guidelines are just that. the iaea does not have the power to demand that the power plant operators actually implement the measures. >> they cannot order anyone to do anything. they just make recommendations, and then they do follow-up investigations to see whether they were implemented. but the companies that own the new complaints usually do not adopt all of the recommendations. -- cote the companies that own the nuclear plants. >> they have called for better safety standards at nuclear plants, but experts say that is not likely to happen anytime soon for two reasons. first, the iaea member states are quite protective of their indiv

he lives in data city fukushima prefecture. although the city is outside the exclusion zone, levels of radioactivity around 20 millisieverts have been found in ryozen district. this is a level set by the government for evacuation. three more areas in fukushima prefecture are in the same predicament. date held a residents' meeting on sunday where officials from the central government explained their plans to deal with the radioactivity. >> translator: i have to close all the windows in my home and can't hang bedding or laundry outdoors. >> translator: why isn't our district part of the exclusion zone? radiation is higher than 20 millisieverts in some places. >> some residents say they want to evacuate voluntarily. the municipality has prepared temporary housing for them. those who have decided to remain are worried how they'll be able to cope with the situation. in response the municipality has made available handy docimeters. they can be used to collect the detailed data throughout the city. radiation levels measured one meter

the meeting will be the first of its kind since the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant. since the accident most nuclear power plants in japan have halted operations. restarting the reactors in genkai saga prefecture has the backing of the local mayor but the prefectural governor is maintaining a cautious stance. at the meeting it will be explained by the nuclear industrial safety agency. the meeting will be broadcast live on cable tv and the internet. the governor, however, has been criticized for its decision to choose only around seven residents to participate in the meeting. many local people are saying this will severely limit the wide range of opinions needed. a group of doctors has found that the estimated level of accumulated internal radiation exposure for people living in fukushima prefecture exceeded three-any he will sieverts. doctors say the level is not a health risk but advising people not to eat vegetables grown in levels where raid yigs levels are high. the researchers include doctors who have provided medical care to atomic bomb survivors. the group cond

radioactive particles from the fukushima power plant have already reached u.s. shores and we'll be seeing genetic mutations in marine life with any year according to arnold gundersen an energy adviser at fairwinds associates corporation specializing in environmental and nuclear safety well we're already seeing particles in tokyo how particle means radioactive particles are really small thinner than that they are under your hair in tokyo in all throughout the fukushima prefecture and interestingly were also seen him on the west coast of the united states so airborne radiation it lodges in your lungs your g.i. tract is certainly in japan and on the west coast the the oceans are still becoming more or contaminated not less and i think over the next year or so you'll see the big fish that unit in the salmon. because this will work its way up the food chain i think you'll see more and more radiation being detected in the top of the food chain fish as well that woods hole prominent research institute has said that the pacific ocean now is ten times more contaminated t

it also says that the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, tokyo electric power company, should improve the design of its nuclear plants to ensure that cooling systems continue to function in the event of a serious accident. the storage pools for the spent nuclear fuel are located too high in the troubled plant and have hampered efforts to cool the reactors. the report also says the government will conduct a study on nuclear safety with the help of the international community to identify ways to strengthen global nuclear safety. the government's nuclear disaster task force reviews the draft report on tuesday. it will then be submitted to the international atomic energy agency ministerial conference on nuclear safety in vienna that starts june 20th. >>> the director general of the international atomic energy agency says he will propose measures to strengthen nuclear safety at an upcoming international conference. yukiya amano made the remarks in his opening speech at the iaea board of governors speech on monday. amano reported on the agency's activities such as sending a t

the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says it has detected high levels of the radioactive substance that tends to accumulate in human bones. tokyo electric power company made the announcement after analyzing soil samples taken on may 9th at the relocations about 500 meters from the number one and number two reactors. the utility detected up to 480 becquerels of radioactive strontium per kilogram of soil. it was higher than what was detected in the soil during the cold war era. this is the second time since april this has been found inside the plant compound. the substance was also detected in soil and plants more than 30 kilometers from the fukushima nuclear power station in march. tokyo electric power says it believes it was released from the damaged plant and it will continue to monitor radiation levels. >>> a team from the international atomic energy agency will submit a summary of its report to the japanese government on wednesday after concluding its investigation into the nuclear disaster in fukushima. the 18 member team inspected the damaged fukushima daiichi nuclea

well the fukushima nuclear crisis has also sent shock waves through the japanese motor industry all of this and speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's kamarck it and a potential buyers are now thinking twice before making their way to japanese car showrooms. reports. oh has been contemplating a change of her car for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her old fraud or two when you were model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time they're still here but the us could also you know i was told privately that all new japanese cars are radioactive because of the fukushima disaster the shipment was supposedly blocked by the authorities at adesa harbor but unofficial dealers bribe them and those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left off our question of whether there had been any contaminated cars here after the japanese fallout these off roaders worship then before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or claim there's absolutely no chance of contaminated vehicles making t

the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counters scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university when i was thinking their vacation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university. my family and my friends family or. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the dagger count is really quite two nine a micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where i just saw it all and i'm not quite to the regular quickly jumped out but it's still climbing earlier we got a really good night and now i know my car and it's about a thousand times more than what is an acceptable level of really going. but in order to cl

. >>> tokyo electric power company resumed the operation to cool damaged reactors at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant on tuesday, but it says it found minor water leaks in a newly installed cooling system. tepco said it traced the leak to a joint connecting plastic hoses near a pump injecting water. it did not check the possibility of a water leak before starting the system on monday. tepco's so-called circulating injection cooling operation is designed to decontaminate radioactive waste water in the reactor and turbine buildings and then use the treated water to cool the reactors. it says 14 tons of recycled water and two tons of freshwater have been injected into the reactors per hour. the utility says it will continue to inject water while watching out for more leaks. >>> the japanese government has decided to help fukushima prefecture conduct health surveys of its residents with estimates on the spread of radioactive substances from the fukushima daiichi plant. the fukushima prefectural government is scheduled to conduct the research for more than 2 million residents of the prefectu

therefore, fukushima residents should also be checked for levels of internal radiation exposure. >>> the international atomic energy agency has called on japan to report the latest most detailed information on the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant. the iaea explained the current status of the accident to its member nations during a meeting in vienna on thursday. deputy director general denis flory told reporters that so far information received from japan regarding the accident has been adequate. however, he stressed that however, he stressed that the latest information latest information must be provided at the ministerial level meeting later this month, which will focus on the accident. >> >> japan will have a role in explaining the accident and what are the very first findings. there is a need to rebuild the >> confidence. >> flory said the information should include the status of the nuclear reactors and why highly contaminated water is leaking into the sea. he also said countries must follow common safety standards in order to rebuild confidence in the nuclear energy indus

at fukushima city to measure radiation levels there and here's what he's discovered. here we're. kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility that's plant number one where a lot of that radiation is and when dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in to fukushima city and the rain and the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists so that we are working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and these guys actually. are working to the cattle contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two women are wearing any protective clothing and clothing but the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can a

the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counters scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking very creation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends' families are evacuating. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the day to plant reactor one in a full sixty kilometers outside the bend danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the battleground is really quite tonight micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where i just saw it all and i'm not quite to the regular quickly jumped up but it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my car and it's going to us about a thousand times more than what is an acceptable level of stri

it's confirmed fifteen people need japan's fukushima nuclear plant showed signs of radiation exposure last month as the latest government checks are met with anger and skepticism. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day it appears that libyan leader moammar gadhafi is not only being targeted by nato jets but the international criminal court also has him in its sights two judges in the hague of issued an arrest warrant for gadhafi and his closest allies on charges of crimes against humanity. namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting his civilians of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision and the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in the courts nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent head of states the first such occurrence happened in two thousand and nine and the man that t

about one another in about fifty minutes from now in the meantime one man who says events at fukushima shouldn't be called a disaster rich director general of the world association he explained. why he thinks that nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and getting safe. jerry it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much is the new production technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america we had churned all ball in ukraine we just had fukushima but the i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world's electricity is how e

one or i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking there is a key asian protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends' families are evacuated. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the dagger count is really pretty point two nine a micro ring it's about thirty times what is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where it just sort of a lot of it collected the radiation will quickly jumped out and it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than was really acceptable level of state regulation. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking ra

it's been confirmed fifteen people showed signs of radiation exposure japan's fukushima nuclear plant last month and this is government checks are being met with anger and skepticism. but one man who says events are for shima shouldn't be called a disaster is john rich director general of the world nuclear association explains to r.t. so if you have an answer why he thinks nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and getting safe abouts in our special interview next on r.t. . carrie it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much has an equal protection technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we

officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here a much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the dagger count is really pretty quite chilling nine micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and a lot of it collected the radiation will quickly jumped out and it's still climbing earlier we've got to really have nigel nile. which is about a thousand times more than was the accepted level of a little. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese government has had to be creative with the numbers but the government did ease day change the. standard the levels from one. to twenty million. twenty times. the standards before the accident and now. they raise the. the standard so that they can say it's safe but the standard house changed the new higher levels mean that fukushima can be classed as being outs

didn't go our mothers away from reactor number one in fukushima city radiation levels are much higher or deemed to be safe. and coming up we have all the details . fukushima sense of radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a cold allowing contaminated japanese cars onto the european market reports from u.k. . sentimental rules across europe as demand will force stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. and with the media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator or questions all raised if it's turning into gossip let's. global news around the clock this is art sea life from. a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element of strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and it led by ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has

litters away from reactor number one in fukushima city. march prior. to coming up we have already tale. signs of radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars on to the european market to europe or from. sentiment to roll most of across europe as activists demand authorities to stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal. media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senator questions are raised if news outlets are turning into conflicts. worldwide news live from moscow this is arts he. welcomes the program a highly radioactive material has been detected in ground water and sea water samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element strong has been found in concentrations to one hundred times over the safety net can cause cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has now risen to eight. fukushima city

the tragedy at fukushima. mr. ostendorff give us one example of the lesson we have learned that we have or have not begun to act upon or implement? >> i would say one area that has come up on the task force, two meetings we have had so far has been the need to evaluate the adequacy of our existing statement, blackout rules, a.c. power, offsite, onsite. i think the commission will probably receive from the task force, perhaps some recommendations in this area. that is a concrete example that i provide to you. >> thank you. mr. magwood? >> i would agree with commissioner ostendorff. i would also add -- >> that is good. if you want to repeat thing that someone else has said for reinforcement, i appreciate that. >> one other example, one that i think we have -- many of us, after 9/11, we put in place certain procedures in equipment to allow plants to respond to events that require emergency cooling from auxiliary diesel generators. to drive pumps to provide water to cool reactors and spent fuel pools. we require them

really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. the dating from the winds are bringing that radiation into fukushima city and the rain and the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dose of so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists are that we're working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and these guys actually. are working at the can contaminate the foil right now. as you can see the two gentlemen are wearing any protective clothing clothing the scientists are one of the concerns is that you can actually have one spot which is only thirty times in the accepted normal levels and then you go to another spot which is just a meter away and it can jump to five hundred to a thousand times depending on where rainwater and mud have collected o

thomas has been at fukushima city to measure radiation levels and here's what he discovered. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher or really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. but dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in the. city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels or one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we are working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and actually i can assure you . are working to dig the contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two women aren't wearing any protective clothing clothing but the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually

. >>> more workers at the >>> more workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant are being pulled off the job because they might have been overexposed to radiation. japan's health and labor ministry says six workers could have received doses above the allowable limit of 250 millisieverts. tokyo electric power company gave the ministry an update monday of its latest round of checks on plant workers. the ministry says the amount of radiation exposure was nearly 500 millisieverts for each of the six tepco employees in question. the maximum allowable dose for nuclear workers in japan was raised to 250 millisieverts from 100 after the crisis started. an additional 94 workers have been exposed to between 100 and 250 millisieverts. in late may, two tepco employees on duty at reactors number three and four were confirmed as having received doses of more than twice the emergency limit. the health and labor ministry has told the utility to give all overexposed workers thorough aminations. it says it is very regrettable so many of them have come into contact with such high levels of radiation. >

the problems at fukushima daiichi are still causing concern. a growing number of people want to make japan less dependent on nuclear power in the long term. the government needs to open discussions on how it can continue to generate nuclear energy safely while adding newer sources of power. >> nhk world's junko noda reporting for us tonight. junko, thank you. >> thank you. >>> tokyo electric power company says tonight it has succeeded in getting a system to decontaminate radioactive water working at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. plant operator tepco says a u.s. made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium even made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium eve made device continues to perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium evema perform at only one-tenth of its design capacity to absorb cesium even after workers adjusted a faulty valve setting. however, they say test runs have shown when combined with a french decont

away from reactor number one in fukushima city. much prior. to be. coming up we have all the details. for radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese to the european market. u.s. defense department. six point six billion dollars of its money meant for iraq reconstruction has gone to. palestinian sentiment spreads across europe authorities stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from israel. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the elements strong is being found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit. can cause bone cancer and taking it meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to auntie shawn thomas as being at fukushima city. here we're eighty kilometers away a

to present a report on the fukushima crisis to nuclear security for an interview. for this response to the results stop using the on the risks of radiation groups. takes a closer look at the nuclear crisis in japan we talked to the number two and you can officially in the disaster hit country. we are here with he day he call in the sheehan man who is with the ministry of a colony here in japan specifically with the agency that deals with nuclear safety and thank you very much for taking some time to be with us today now as this. devastating event has happened in the news has spread out around the world it's become clear in the past three months that the information coming from the from nuclear plant has gotten worse can you tell us what's the situation on the ground right now the situation is improving. for example we're steadily in introducing a water to the reactor as. you need one two and three and their fear is stable and it could. the radiation. exposure is becoming less and less a problem is going under water which originated from. what i would introduce into

i the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counter scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking their creation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends' families are of a katy. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the going to plant a reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the vendor's danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency really on the ground it is a really really quite chilling nine hour girl ring it's about time what is more than acceptable but if you come down here to where i just saw a lot of collected a revenue killing quickly. but it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of writing and i in my career which is about a thousand times more than what is going to accept it. but in order to claim that fukush

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they claim that fukushima is no longer safe, especially for children. residents traveled to tokyo to protest after the government loosened safety limits. despite the fact that the long- term impact of low-dose radiation is unknown, the uncertainty has especially affected students. watari junior high school has always stood out for its sports and academic achievements but now the school has a more dubious distinction, one of the most contaminated schools in all of fukushima city. radiation fears have turned students into shut-ins with windows firmly closed, girls sweat through sword fighting practice. meanwhile, what used to be outdoor drills are now held indoors and the school gym, the soccer team can barely squeeze in games, sharing cramped quarters with the track and field squad. the principal says "my job is to watch over these kids and help them thrive, but under these conditions i can't do my job properly. i'm angry and frustrated that there is nothing i can do." the government is trying to do something. cesium-laden topsoil is now being removed fr

the company that made the yarn is located 125 kilometers from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. in recent years, a growing number of overseas fashion houses were using the fiber. until the march 11th quake, the company exported about 100 different type, but at the end of april about $97,000 worth of yarn was left in a warehouse. the shipment was halted because three overseas clients requested that the yarn be tested for radio acradioactivity. masaki sato is the company's president. with domestic sales dwindling, he expanded his business with overseas designer brands. for this year the firm set a sales target of over four times that of the previous year. >> translator: i didn't think the impact would be this big. i'm really concerned. >> this person handles exports. he tried to convince the clients of the yarn's safety by providing them with radioactivity data from where the firm's plant is located. the data he sent showed 0.129 microseiverts per hour, a level that by japanese standards poses no immediate threat to human health. nevertheless, one of the clients canceled their ord

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the army nurse and constant ticking of geiger counters scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university when i was thinking their vacation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends' families are evacuating. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the day to plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band a danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the ground is really pretty quiet tonight micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where i just saw it all and a lot of it collected the radiation quickly jumped out and it's still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my car and it's which is about a thousand times more than what is really accepted

good brianna members of the international nuclear watchdog gather to look at ways to avoid another fukushima crisis while people there so they don't feel safe even kilometers away from the experience of. europe finance ministers disposal a decision on a fresh bailout for greece they say more austerity is needed in the country already shaken by violent protests against banning parts is to be say. led here monday evening here in moscow welcome if you just joined us this is our table names kevin owen and first tonight nato has admitted its forces killed up to nine civilians in a bungled airstrike on a poor neighborhood in tripoli anger over the incident among libyans was heightened when the country's health ministry announced that intervention and left more than eight hundred civilians dead so far. reports now from the capital tripoli you may find some images coming up in a report disturbing to see mohammed that harry's extended family used to be one of the biggest in the neighborhood and native born mean killed five of them his father one of his brothers his sister and her own family mohammed