Emergency power system kept them cool when the disaster struck. But the utilities directors decided on wednesday to the commission that the mayor of all cool now one of the towns hosting the plan acknowledges that it provided the community with jobs and an economic boost well face paris dollars with bella. Ali mosque that to the future and try to rebuild the community typical executives say they will scrap the reactors immediately. They want to train workers there and test technologies for de commissioning the reactors that suffered meltdowns theres another reason for them to keep the facilities the buildings of the two reactors have more than three thousand units of dangerous fuel rods and they have yet to decide how and where to dispose of them. They say it may take forty years to fully close the plant. The japanese government has begun to publicly solicit information on technologies that can help safely remove nuclear fuel debris from the plant. In twenty twenty or later japan plans
On the senate side with republicans recognizing its not smart or good for the American People to let america default. President obama made the comments during a visit to a Charity Organization for families with low income. Leaders in congress are pushing hard to reach a deal on the total amount of money the government is authorized to borrow. The democrats want to increase the debt ceiling for about a year without condition. Republicans agree the limit needs to be extended, but only until january and demand changes to the health care reform. The democrats need the republican support. The republicans hold the majority of seats in the house of representatives. At the same time the lawmakers are trying to end the government shut down. The debates over a bill led to the suspension two weeks ago of a range of government services. Aid workers in syria have learned time and again about the risks of humanitarian work in a war zone. The spokesperson said gunman kidnapped seven aid workers and f
And Health Officials say women in china has died after contracting another strain of bird flu. A new set of safety guidelines for Nuclear Facilities other than power plants has come into effect. They will cover almost 250 facilities nationwide. The rules are much stricter than before, especially for Processing Plants. Operators will need to take similar measures against accident accidents as those who run nuclear plants. Nhk world has more. Reporter in total, 248 facilities across japan will be subject to the measures. The new rules apply to Nuclear Facilities such as a Nuclear Fuel Fabrication facility in tokai prefecture. Japans Nuclear Regulatory body, the nra, approved the rules last month in response to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant. Translator the new safety standards, while laid down, considering japans environmental conditions and other difficulties. I think they are strict enough. Reporter the severity of the requirements varies according to th
The petition and nineteen has been planned. Up top artist from new york has visited northeastern japan on a mission to help children bounced back from the disaster. Clock is ticking for rescue workers in the philippines to reach survivors of typhoon heidi and hundreds of thousands of people still lack access to safe food or Drinking Water the size of the disaster zone spread across many different islands poses a major challenge for rescue teams arriving in the philippines from around the world. Cut to the dawson has more from manila. Six days have passed since ive been hungry for the central philippines and we still cannot have an accurate picture of this all of this disaster. Roads and communication lines were caught some remote areas are still out of contact philippine Response Teams are stretched to their limit the desperate survivors are taking things into their own hides. Reports of looting and violence are fried the Disaster Response officials that the above two pm on wednesday t
The capital of juba. And on Nuclear Watch wed look at the impact this trip is to act that is having on the forests and the consequences of not cleaning them up. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo lobbyists trying to make life easier for people affected by the two thousand and eleven Nuclear Accident in focus yuma. He and his cabinet approved fresh guidelines to boost the reconstruction effort. Now people settle in new communities if they need to. We will try to identify the reconstruction of the tuna is essential but sometimes revitalization more than one hundred thousand residents are still forced to live away from their homes because of the accident. The mission is to help them get it back the reiki online soon as possible. The government plans to increase compensation for residents who want to re build or renovate their homes when their evacuation orders are lifted. They can also receive payments for mental distress for one year after the orders expire knows he can return home and want