tepco wants to move the water to the storage tanks. at the number one reactor, contaminated water in the storage tank will be transferred to another one by saturday afternoon. on friday, workers began a test spraying of resin in areas around the reactors to contain radioactive materials released by hydrogen explosions. resin is expected to harden mud and dust. the same day, eight posts measuring levels in the compound started working again for the first time since the earthquake. they will monitor the levels so it can be made public on the web site. also on friday, u.s. barges started to provide fresh water to the operation. >>> tokyo electric power company has installed pumps that will help restore systems that cool reactors in a stable manner by circulating massive volumes of water. fresh water is being poured directly to the reactors and the pools with the spent fuel rods. that is one way to cool them down. tepco wants to restore the functions that circulate water in the reactors. here, the fresh water is cooled down by sea water. o

tepco had this to say about the sea water contamination. the tepco official says that they have not been able to pinpoint the source of leak yet. and therefore, they are not in a position to implement any countermeasures yet. nisa, or the nuclear industrial safety agency, says they will reinforce their network to make sure they can trace how the contamination is being diffused in the sea water. this is footage from the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant as of now. according to the meteorological agency, the wind is moderate from east to west or from the land side to the sea. in the day, there will be southeasterly winds prevailing. >> radioactive substances that leaked from the fukushima daiichi plant have been detected in tap water in tokyo and other parts of the konto area. we look at how those substances reached konto and the measures taken by the government to prevent radiation getting into the water supply. >> this is professor hirom hiromi yomozama who analyzed the situation. according to his analysis, radioactive substances leakin

or by the japanese governments i think both the japanese government and tepco have a strong interest in downplaying the problem in downplaying the threat and in town playing the impact i think that there's no doubt that we need an independent inquiry that will be honest and not protect tepco and also not protect the japanese government and downplay the incident that will give the people of japan and the region here the information that we need about exactly what happened so you talk about the japanese government downplaying the severity and possible long term consequences of this nuclear meltdown here puts a japan has established some measure of stability of or it's a runaway reactor is what they are talking about putting a temporary six month focus over the reactor over the facility but could that be toppled again it's a seismic area of ten children or tsunamis the situation worse and i can think absolutely the situation could worsen the situation is stable at the moment only in the sense that it car that is teetering on a cliff and hasn't fallen is stable because it hasn't fallen i

tepco has ordered giant water pumps from the u.s. to help cool these reactors. those pumps could also be used to entomb the nuclear plant in concrete, which, officials say, is becoming a more likely scenario. >>> japanese officials said this morning that radiation levels exceeding safety limits have gotten into groundwater under the fukushima plant. in the u.s., traces of radioactive iodine have been found in milk in two states, california, and washington. but officials say it poses no threat to the public. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: the amount of radioactive iodine measured in milk on the west coast was so small that it did not rise above the normal background level of radiation. still, it's the first evidence that radiation from japan's damaged nuclear plant is making it directly into food produced in america. >> radiation can be a scary word. but i think it's important to remember that actually we live surrounded by radiation every single day. >> reporter: some of our most common foods, potatoes, carrots, bananas, contain radioactive potassium. th

points on all levels i think are talking about now relates to tepco the tokyo electric power company company that owns these damaged reactors and has been involved in this crisis ted kooser. stuff stanley they already had some. poor reputation there been scandals rocking the company since two thousand and two when tepco was found to be falsifying technical data that is falsifying safety checks from nuclear reactors across japan and i believe seventeen of its two reactors were shut down after it is scandal and they were later restarted so the level of trust in tepco was already quite low for the earthquake and tsunami and nuclear disaster so kept oh it certainly can be shaken up i can assume that the top management will all have to go and hopefully we will see more public or government oversight of the company there will also be much more substantial effect in terms of the japanese economy this exclusion zone the twenty to thirty kilometer exclusion zone around the nuclear plant is a very important piece of land japan of course doesn't have much land as it is this area and fukushima i

farmers face huge losses, and they want tepco to pay. >> we can not just afford to pick up and leave the way they think we should, so we finally went to hear just how much compensation they will give us. -- we finally want to hear. >> it is still unknown when and if residents will be able to return to fukushima. >> fukushima is not the only nuclear disaster in the minds of a lot of people. you may remember how the world changed forever 25 years ago on this very day. that ione reactor four at the chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and unleashed a cloud of radioactive fallout across the western soviet union and europe, making it the worst nuclear accident ever. today, people in the ukraine remembered the tragedy. >> russian president dmitry medvedev and his ukrainianw counterpart remembered the workers who died and more exposed to radiation when the reactor exploded 25 years ago. >> we honor these people. we will keep the memory of those who died in the chernobyl catastrophe a live for generations. -- alive for generations. >> just a few weeks ago, some were told their pensions and

fukushima nuclear plant to prevent more radioactive water leaking into the pacific ocean the operator tepco has been criticized by the fishing industry or maybe in south korea the dumping low level radioactive water into the sea meantime tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two on sunday we're keeping a close story. a gunman killed six people injured fifteen in a shooting rampage and he ran through a shopping mall randomly firing automatic. before turning the gun on himself it comes just a week after another shootout in the same town where two people were killed and two . russians preparing to celebrate mankind's first foray into space just as the u.s. retires its iconic space shuttle fleet with no replacement inside a resident takes the streets of new york next to find out just what happened to america's space missions. this month marks the fifth year anniversary of the first human cast not yuri gagarin to advert fly into space so whatever happened to the space race this week let's talk about that are you proud that man once walked on the moon.

meantime and by neighboring south korea for dumping the low level radioactive water into the sea this tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two on sunday keeping a story for you of course the government's killed seven people and injured fifteen in a shooting spree near amsterdam he ran through a shopping mall randomly firing an automatic weapon before turning the gun on himself it comes just a week after another shootout in the same town where two people were killed and more than two. a fire in a shopping center in northwest china has killed one of twelve others over two. hundred firefighters were dispatched to put out the huge blaze and evacuate those still trapped inside this still battling to contain the flames tonight bellatrix of the gas have been shut off of the complex to stop the plane train from spreading a cause of the fire hasn't yet. rush is preparing to celebrate mankind's first foray into space as the u.s. retires its iconic space shuttle fleet with no replacement in sight and our resident takes the streets of new york had to find ou

fishing industry and by neighboring south korea for dumping a low level radioactive water into the sea tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two on sunday. six people have been shot dead and fifteen have been wounded by a gunman near amsterdam the man ran through a shopping mall randomly firing a machine gun killing himself after the shooting rampage police identified the gunman as a twenty four year old dutchman who had previous run ins with the law just a week ago there was another shootout in the same town in which two people were killed and two more wounded either as russia and the world get ready to commemorate mankind's first journey into space by yuri gagarin fifty years ago the u.s. prepares to retire it's a fleet of space shuttles with no replacement planes in sight so what has become of the space race that's the question our resident reporter in new york has been asking on the streets. this month marks the fifth year anniversary of the first human has not yuri gagarin to ever fly into space so whatever happened to this space race this wee

industry and by neighboring south korea dumping low level radioactive water into the sea tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from the reaction of the two on sunday that's the story we're keeping across for you. a gunman is killed seven people injured fifteen in a shooting rampage. through a shopping mall randomly firing automatic weapons before turning the government itself becomes just a week after another shootout at the same time where two people were killed and two . russia is preparing to celebrate mankind's first foray into space as the u.s. retires its iconic space shuttle fleet with no replacement in sight our resident takes to the streets of new york to find out just what happened to america's space mission. this month marks the fifty year anniversary of the first human not yuri gagarin to ever fly into space so whatever happened to the space race this week let's talk about that are you proud that man once walked on the moon. my proud that man was walking out of my proud that man once crossed the atlantic ocean and found america i think it's it's a go

a spokesman for plant operator tepco, hiro hasegawa in an interview with cbs news tonight argued that: the company is not hiding information, saying that under this much scrutiny at home and abroad concealing data would be impossible. the japanese government for its part said it has taken a month to pinpoint how much radioactivity has leaked into the atmosphere which is why a mid-level disaster suddenly became a worst case one. the level seven ranking is based mainly on a radiation spike after hydrogen explosions during the first week of the crisis. since then, officials say that while the fukushima plant continues to spew radioactive isotopes, emissions are down sharply. the japanese government has gone to great lengths to down play any other parallels with chernobyl. authorities note that while 27 workers have been treated for radiation exposure, none have received lethal doses. but high radiation exposure killed dozens at chernobyl. "the emission of radioactive substances is about 10% the amount of chernobyl" said nuclear safety chief miyishama. the company that runs the plant, tep

nuclear power plants to prevent more radioactive water leaking into the pacific ocean the operator tepco has been criticized by the fishing industry and by neighboring south korea for dumping a low level radioactive water into the sea tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two on sunday. as russia and the world get ready to commemorate mankind's first a journey into space by guerin fifty years ago the u.s. prepares to retire its fleet of space shuttles so what has become of the space race that's the question our resident reporter in new york has been asking on the city streets. this month marks the fifty year anniversary of the first human not yuri gagarin to ever fly into space so whatever happened to the space race this week let's talk about that are you proud that man once walked on the moon. and i proud that man was walked out of my proud that man once across the atlantic ocean and failed america i think it's it's a good thing for people who for mankind to do new things and explore and learn no one cares and i'm going into space is that sad

fishing industry and by neighboring south korea for dumping a low level radioactive water into the sea tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two on sunday. as russia and the world get ready to commemorate man's first journey into space by your fifty years ago the u.s. prepares to retire its fleet of shuttles with some plans for replacement in sight but nowhere in the near future so what's to become of the space race that's the question of a resident reporter in new york and they've been asking the question on the streets . this month marks the fifty year anniversary of the first human. to advert fly into space so whatever happened to the space race this week let's talk about it are you proud that man once walked on the moon. my proud that man was well am i proud that man once crossed the atlantic ocean and found america i think it's a good thing for people to do for mankind to do new things and explore and learn no one cares and. going into space i mean boy is that sad you know i think we've done it seen it's too expensive there's nothing more to d

fishing industry and by neighboring south korea something low level radioactive water into the sea tepco says it will start to transfer highly radioactive water from reactor number two. in time a rare he says the start of its russian built shared nuclear power plant will begin early next month the country's foreign ministers confirmed that they've already started refueling the reactor fuel rods had to be removed in february because of a fault in a cooling pump by the russian company servicing facility. russians preparing to celebrate mine comes first foray into space as the u.s. retires its iconic space shuttle fleet with no replacement in sight our resident takes to the streets of new york than to find it's just what happened to america's space missions. this month marks the fifty year anniversary of the first human not yuri gagarin to ever fly into space so whatever happened to the space race this week let's talk about that are you proud that man once walked on the moon. my proud man was walked out of my proud that man once across the atlantic ocean and failed america i think it's it's

makes you think was the government concealing the true extent of the situation before the government or tepco. i think there's definitely an element of truth to see that we were concealing it to the japanese people i also think it's sort of the fear to them trying to explain that you've got a traditional type event in your country when nuclear power has been assured by the west and you require the japanese by the international atomic energy agency as not having any risks along with chernobyl clearly they have a catastrophic accident so i think that the level of confusion that's been going on inside the japanese government is to explain what's going on i'm totally has let's actually there's been a lot of criticism of tepco all the way along the line what about the government here lot of people asking saying that they should have stepped in much earlier the resources should have come centrally taking into account all the rest renders problems that are happening in that country that war government resources and time and effort should have been focused on the plan do you agree. absolutely they ha

yes it is fair to say the reaction from the government and from tepco has been confused at times on the undershoot turn of what we can say that if chernobyl was the world's worst nuclear disaster then one fukushima certainly the most complex and today chief cabinet secretary did expand zone to tokyo kilometers that's not a required evacuation of people between twenty and fifty kilometers about one month to get out of town and i don't know what their reaction will be but there's certainly has been some confusion in terms of the response so you say to the exclusion zone has now been expanded to fifty kilometers and moment ago you brought in the issue of china mobile world famous disaster at almost almost exactly twenty five years ago now naturally any parallels between fukushima and chernobyl and with the fact that the latter emitted much higher radiation but i was over in seconds in japan we're seeing a perpetual extended ongoing leak we're getting accurate to these dangerous levels increase anything. yes well i don't know if they'll increase but there is certainly a risk of a long term

tepco says it is cutting executive salaries by have to help absorb the costs. other staff will take a 20% reduction in pay. the fukushima problem has given effort to some movements. there were thousands of people, demanding an exit from nuclear power. >> loud and clear. the demonstration at the plan is is one of numerous countrywide nuclear protests over the holiday. environmental organizations and initiatives called on people to attend rallies at a total of 12 nuclear facilities. several thousand came to the plant on the river to voice their concerns. this has not dampened opposition. by >> we want to tell them they have to stop lying about the safety of nuclear power plants. we know that they are dangerous. a meltdown cannot be ruled out anywhere. >> the protesters' demands are motivated not just by the recent nuclear disaster in japan but also the chernobyl disaster, marking its 25th anniversary this year. >> all right, stay with us. when i come back, i will have more on the written word. reading. , to do we read to our kids, and do our kids still read? we w

take a look at this released by japanese power company tepco. the exact moment it hit the plant on march 11. four weeks later, they are battling to cool down the plant's three reactors. back-up power systems were knocked out by the earthquake and tsunami. >> california public schools may be in danger thanks to lax oversight by building inspectors. they poured over records maintained by the division of state architect. dan noyes reports. >>> there are thousands of school construction projects throughout california and a network of more than 1500 trained inspectors to make sure the buildings are made by plans but many aren't doing their job. inspectors help keep contractors zblons you making sure that project management is performing the job and doing the job per the approved plans. >> he says many inspectors are encouraged by contractors to overlook changes to save money. >> contractors will try to use substitute product or lesser product. many times they do that. >> inspectors are supposed to be the watchdogs of school projects tested and licens

the government ordered tepco to pay $12,000 each to each household. approximately 48,000 households would be eligible for the payments. the first payments go out now. more compensation is expected later. >>> the daughter of libyan leader moammar gadhafi is asking for her father to step down. there is where u.s. war planes struck 24 years today. she says libya isn't defeated. it wasn't defeated then and it won't be defeated now. >>> authorities are trying to figure out if 77-year-old joseph ma sew could be -- naso could be tied to several other deaths. the crimes date back to the 1970s. the victims first and last names all began with the same initial. >> they found some stuff and knot just these four matters but also other cases that where they think there is some viable evidence that connects them to other cases. other cold cases throughout the country. >> yesterday ktvu news spoke with naso's ex-wife on the phone but she did not want to comment on his case. >>> lawyers of barry bonds' say they do want to file a motion for next week. they will ask the

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at least 5,000 turned out to demonstrate in front of tepco today. the utility now responsible for bringing their stricken nuclear plant under control. it's not the first protest against nuclear power. but it is the largest. and the longer this crisis goes on, the less patience everyone has. >> we've really had enough. that's why people are here. >> reporter: it's taken a month for that frustration to build to this level. fukushima casts a long shadow over this landscape. but not as long as the destruction along a coastline that stretches for miles. where bodies are still being found. it's that daily misery that many are wondering just how to escape. and one answer, it seems, may be baseball. japan's adopted pastime has some of the most devoted fans outside the u.s. the game between the hiroshima carp and the tokyo swallows may look like any other season opener, except this is anything but. this is all for charity. >> i think this strikes the right balance between trying to move forward but also getting money to people. >> reporter: the regular seaso

tepco says it will take six to nine months to stop radiation leaks and make it safe enough for people to move back into the area. today secretary of state hillary clinton meet with the japanese emperor. she's the highest ranking u.s. official to visit japan since the triple disaster hit the country last month. >>> treasury secretary timothy geithner said today republicans have agreed to go along with raising the national debt ceiling. geithner spoke to david gregory on nbc's "meet the press." >> let me tell you how we're going to do this. congress is going to have to raise the debt limit. just think of it this way. if you allow people to start to doubt whether the united states of america will meet its obligations, that would be catastrophic. you can't take that risk. >> it's expected the debt ceiling will be raised next month unless congress takes action. >>> by the way, if you haven't filed your taxes yet, you have a little extra time this year. instead of the usual deadline of april 15th, the government is giving you right up until the 18th to file. that's midnight tomorrow night.

but a spokesman for plant operator tepco said the plan had not suffered any further damage. other japanese reactors also prompted concerns. diesel generators kicked in in this plant after external power supplies were interrupted. any color plants also have the same problems. the government saw to calm fears. >> we were able to pool fuel rods in the nuclear plants without problem, even of the regular electricity supply was interrupted. our top priority is protecting people's lives. watch tv, listen to the radio, and stay calm. >> police reports say the quake injured seven people, two seriously. >> rebel leaders in lib rejted w calls for negotiations with libyan leader moammar gaddafi. it came in response to an initiative by turkish prime minister erdogan who said he is working on what he called a road map for ending the conflict. he said turkey was talking to representatives from both sides to achieve a ceasefire and a withdrawal of kibaki forces and some cities and establishment of safe immense -- corridors and the country. rebel forces in libya satanic rebels were killed in

how that how it all works now to stop radiation from leaking from the fukushima plant into the sea tepco has deployed a few kilos of diaper absorbent now reminds me of the golf balls thrown into the deep water horizon well during i can pass or feel that b.p. catastrophe what are your thoughts on these again returning to medieval as on these primitive methods of responding to these high tech catastrophes people will be able to seem to do with the case and you know the when people are desperate they'll do strange and desperate things so it's sense of privacy you know they they just can't you know sop up that radioactive liquid or keep it from going into the sea you're getting into the ground so you know they're doing with here are the three dip is in there yeah they're throwing diapers and garbage and whatever they can get their hands on like they did you know that the famous junk shot of the deep water trail so here it's very asymmetric and that's why they come up with these high tech brilliant multi could trillion dollar schemes to do deep water drilling or have a tomic energy plan of th

there certainly are cases to be made for negligence or tepco already as a record of serious problems and accidents in two thousand and two they were accused of falsifying data from their reactors and it was proven to be correct they were falsifying data the government shut down some of their reactors but soon after they were reopened again so again the pressure that business places on government may lead to lack safety standards and there's a lack of oversight here in particular the way in which we measure radiation causes people to commit to understand the international commission on radiological protection which uses an average values when they calculate the types of radiation that people are exposed to and those average values can actually in some situations such as after chernobyl and currently in fukushima make it appear as though people are receiving lower doses of radiation and they actually are. and if another consequence of japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami the world figure skating championship kicks off here in moscow after it was chosen to replace tokyo was the t

water into the pacific ocean from japan's fukushima nuclear plant has been stopped a local operator tepco has injected a chemical agent which was solidified with soil near were water have been escaping meanwhile there's renewed fear of an explosion at the first reactor with hydrogen gas pressure building nitrogen will be pumped into the plant as he tried to tackle the problem. president nicolas sarkozy's governing conservative party as held a controversial debate on the practice of islam in secular france comes a week before a ban on wearing full face covering veils and public takes effect the opposition described meeting as an electoral ploy aimed at pandering to the right wing voters have next year is general election france has western europe's largest muslim population just made of at least five million. from the chain of revolts across the arab world to natural disasters and potential nuclear meltdown the past few months have been a turbulent time across the globe and for the t.v. networks trying to cover it it's left some u.s. news channels short of cash after blowing much of the er

out of time it's been an ounce of tepco plans to cover the reactors with internal like protective don but it will take six months to do it out how would a pan deal with radiation until then but the radiation levels fall dramatically and the radiation levels although dramatic comfort nothing comparable to what the radiation levels that were released picture novel for the simple reason that the reactor cores are not open to the wider environment so it's it's trouble they had no choice but to put that. over the top because place the reactor core was still open i think as long as the reactor remained closed and it's been the case that the radiation levels drop significantly as time goes by that appears to be what's up but. all right thank you very much professor patty ragan from the university of surrey thank you very much for your time. well we're there to knoebels twenty fifth anniversary just three days away we'll be bringing you plenty of coverage on the disaster and its consequences and this monday you'll also be able to catch an exclusive documentary on the terrifying legacy of the

water into the pacific ocean from japan's fukushima nuclear plant has been stopped the local operator tepco has injected a chemical agent which has solidified the soil in your world the water have been escaping workers have struggled to stop the flow since the plant was damaged by the quake and tsunami last month the disaster has now claimed the lives of over twelve thousand people with some fifty thousand still missing. for an eagle eye sarkozy's governing conservative party has held a card a virtual debate on the practice of islam and secular french it comes a week before a ban on wearing full face covered bales in public takes effect position described as an electoral ploy and the pandering to right wing voters ahead of next year's general election france western europe's largest muslim population has made it at least five million. silvio berlusconi is to face trial later on wednesday accused of having sex with underage prostitute and abuse of power prosecutors allege that a stream of young women were regularly supply for dinners at barrels coney's mansion earlier italian m.p.'s voted to

and tepco and all these other companies we should just not regulate them it doesn't matter what they are good mother earth and what not everybody has always said mother earth has no rights and they don't it's not a human being or it's so only humans have and have any rights only humans have any value of by definition this guy was talking about yes. i'm a stone and i walk in reality tom you know i'm glad i could introduce you i think that's really tragic so you know that that you would want to because see your women . try to get you are so separate from nature that nature try to try to get try to get a constitutional right for this the united states u. turns and states you won't get them genuinely as well but i think we're going to welcome reality in american political you maybe right but i you know i don't i can't i can't get why somebody would make the argument pauline kael suddenly you know i don't know how to nixon was i don't know anybody that voted for him i understand you're in a little club are all possible i understand that but out here in reality we get it we're going to thi

water into the pacific ocean from japan's fukushima nuclear plant has been stopped the local operator tepco has injected a chemical agent which has defied the soil near where the water have been escaping meanwhile there is renewed fear of an explosion at first reactor with hydrogen gas pressure is building and nitrogen will be pumped into the plant as they try to tackle the problem. tribal gunmen on an eastern philippine islands have freed twelve hostages a total of fifteen teachers and students were initially capture but a child and two adults were let go soon afterwards the kidnappers were demanding the release of a jailed tribal leader is awaiting trial for murder and kidnapping over an incident two years ago when dozens were taken hostage in the same area during a few. presidents nicolas sarkozy's governing conservative party has held a controversial debate on the practice of islam and secular france it comes a week before a ban on wearing full face covering veils in public takes effect the opposition described the meeting as an electoral ploy aimed at pandering to right wing voters ahe

nuclear power plant in fukushima reports no signs of new problems after the shock that's according to tepco the managing company let's take a look at the market reaction the more detail this is what the closing picture for the r.t.s. m i six looks like a last minute selloff caused the bosses to close one percent lower driven mostly by energy stocks they're going some of the shares lukoil was shedding one point seven percent of the close rosneft wasn't far behind one point three percent steelmaker am m.-k. was down more than one a half percent after its last year's net profit missed expectations its move to the united states markets there are open wall street has since the great slipped into the red the dow began the session half a point after some encouraging jobs data but as we can see they're still in negative territory right now tech shares however are doing well the retailers are struggling european markets ended first day session on a negative note before it c. was down a half a percent the dax also point five percent main losers were basic materials in for oil and gas stocks boiled pr

scientific secretary of the european commission on radiation risks he says that the plant operator tepco is much less in control and it claims to be. a nuclear industry industry has a history of. duplicity and coverup we will always try and shift shift the information in some way that makes them come out on top it's much less under control winter normal was ok i have to say that the the soviet system moved very fast to try and contain what was happening on chernobyl and that the japanese have been very very lax and in the way in which they took people out of exclusion zone and they still haven't emptied enough people out of an exclusion zone which should so as i'm concerned go at least sixty or seventy kilometers and i have to say that people who ignore history are doomed to repeat it as far as was the people who are talking this down are concerned they're generally people connected to the nuclear industry and there's an awful lot of money out of you know running running on whether this is the case or not in the tanks that contain the spent fuel i think that seems to be almost certain th

describe one a vent in the history of nuclear energy cherno you can add to the unfortunate category tepco the corporation that operates the plant jerk and warned that the amount of radiation leaking from the crippled daiichi facility might actually eventually exceed the total amount of radiation dispersed after chernobyl so what does this new development mean heaven camps the radioactive waste watchdog of beyond nuclear he joins me now kevin welcome to the program thank you for having me great to have you here why the upgrade in severity now that's a really good question greenpeace iran has been calling for this seven on the i any scale for weeks or three weeks the japanese government has finally three weeks later gotten around to doing it and this is based on old information this is based still on information from many days or even weeks ago and this has asked for a fee as i get older brother going to have to add an eight and a nine to the scale and we're a scale come from is it logarithmic or or linear or is it just some magic numbers this somebody it's a strange an arbitrary scale and

there at the reactor site are seven point five million times beyond regulatory limits the fact is that tepco does not have the situation under control and i really think that they're dumping this nuclear waste into the ocean because they don't want to pay to retain it and to deal with it otherwise and that's unacceptable we know that russia has been asked to help or should more help of come from the international community in the post few weeks. i mean it's quite clear that this is an international disaster obviously the japanese government and the industry are primarily responsible and yet since people around the world are at risk we now all need to be chipping in so certainly support and assistance from the russian government as important as it is from the u.s. government and other governments but part of the issue here is that when you have governments like korea saying don't dump this waste into the ocean that also means the japanese government needs to be listening to its neighbors what does this mean for the nuclear industry as a whole now. well i think that this really really calls in

by have a camera is a nuclear power expert of greenpeace thanks very much indeed for joining us well tepco the plant operator has announced a six month plan to cover the reactors with a giant impenetrable dome and stop all radiation leaks once and for all so it looks like the end of the crisis is finally in sight doesn't it. well that's the first estimate that they can build the door in six months but i only have to remind you of how long that two crew or four channel before we had the first quarter goes and now the four we have a second cycle because it's not something that's very easy to be done. let's hope that it can be done in six months or maybe earlier but let's also be realistic and keep in mind that it could take longer but is it safe to say that the danger of a catastrophe is now averted is now over. also take a lot longer than the six months because once the door is all. needs to be removed it is a very very complex operation and even. if he could it could come out again you know what honestly just quickly about what all those long term radiation fears and once this couple has b