Radioactive water still in the sea Monday after a failed attempt to the leak of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant with an absorbent polymer, sawdust and shredded paper seal seep.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials think that the leak has an 8-inch crack in the concrete pit holding cables located near reactor No. 2 is been. On Monday, Tepco said, it would use a colouring agent to try to trace the path of the leak, Kyodo News reported. The levels of emissions in the pit water are millisieverts an estimated 1000 per hour, a high, but not immediately lethal dose.
Engineers planned injection nitrogen gas in reactors No. 1, 2 and 3 in an attempt to prevent that start possible explosions of the development of hydrogen gas. Explosions in the three reactors the reactor buildings badly damaged in the first four days after the magnitude 9 earthquake and associated tsunami March 11 and the cooling off pumps, the water, provided to the reactors. Government officials say, it last may, months, to fully restore the cooling systems.
Japan's official death toll from the disaster 12,000 on Sunday crowned, about 25,000 U.S. and Japanese forces intensive three-day recovery effort finished. The search is located 78 body, but more than 15,000 people are still officially as missing. Around 160,000 survivors remain in shelters.
The Japanese Red Cross and the Central Community Chest of Japan have collected more than $1 billion, but have yet to distribute cash directly to victims, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Sunday to urge that the process be speeded up.
A red cross spokeswoman, Miyoko Kawamura, replied that the payments would probably begin this month.
Edano also said that the Government would have once again independent experts the soil around the nuclear power plant in Fukushima test to reevaluate, whether current evacuation orders should be modified. The Government has people told to evacuate, within 12 miles of the plant and has asked to leave the residents within 18 miles or at least stay inside as much as possible.
The Government is under renewed pressure from groups, including Greenpeace, to his evacuation area, but at the same time, expand inhabitants the 12-mile limit was left looking for permission to return home briefly to collect personal belongings. Officials in recent days have not shown to move characters in both directions, and Edano said Sunday, the current job "a long time," will last even though he conceded that it "tough on people."
Edano added that the Government had reviewed the thyroid function 900 children up to the age of 15 in two villages, Iitate and Kawamata, just outside of 18 miles and showed no signs of exposure to high radiation levels. High levels of radiation were detected in the water and grass in Iitate. Edano said it was the third time that the Government had carried out tests on children in areas outside the 18-mile zone.
The Red Cross has sent more than 200 emergency relief teams to the disaster zone and thousands of volunteers for victims. Still not sold cash payments from the pot of more than 1 billion dollars collected by the Japanese Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and the Central community received chest of Japan.
In past disasters in Japan, independent panels in each prefecture have determined who receives this aid and how much. Edano proposed that this time, which must be streamlined.
"Usually donations are paid by local governments to decide, based on the conditions for the money distribution, independent committees", said Edano. "But this time the Central Government has a role to play in the establishment of an independent Committee", is figure out how to split donations.
Tomohide Atsumi, President of the Nippon Volunteer Network active in disaster, said that the Red Cross has "a policy of stock and provide a high value on equality, and it takes time to determine damage."
On the other hand he said often immediately spent donations to non-profit groups, get. Atsumi said that his organization help funds immediately after the disaster, to buy underwear and other supplies for the evacuated and a bus for volunteers to victims in the Northeast Charter used.
Overall, he said, is Japan or learn, how you balance between order and a more free-form solution in the disaster relief efforts produce. An overemphasis on organization and top-down decision-making, he said, probably more voluntary to the disaster zone prevents faster go.
"The drive be organized is very strong in our importance but people are not good at improvising socially," he said. "I want to use the metaphor of classical music and jazz." Music is our traditional disaster response as classic - it is a conductor of a large Orchestra, a fancy Hall. Disaster relief should be more like Jazz - you can something with a trumpet player, a drummer. "Must not a whole orchestra."
The size and the power of the massive tsunami are how the disaster zone has become more accessible, expert learning more about.
A group of researchers led by Yoshinobu Tsuji of the Tokyo University Earthquake Research Institute studying the tsunami affected area around Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. They found evidence that the waves could have up to 124 M, according to public NHK. You make would beat the highest waves, Japan's northeastern shore since 1896, when the tsunami waves in the Ofunato 125 meters were recorded.
"This tsunami was similar to the tsunami [1896] - and it would have been larger," Tsuji said.
Julie.Makinen@LATimes.com
Hall is a special correspondent. Times staff writer Thomas H. Maugh II in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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