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VERY HEIGHT ENDS STATE OF ALERT
OF THE BRITISH POLICE AS WE HEAD
TOWARDS THE GAMES.
>> THANKS NOR JOINING US.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU.
>> ANOTHER BLOW TO THE VICTIMS
OF JAPANESE NUCLEAR DISASTER, A
PARLIAMENT APPOINTED
INVESTIGATION HAS RULED THE
DISASTER WAS MAN-MADE MUCH THE
REPORT FOUND SRIOUS PROBLEMS IN
BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND PLANTS
OPERATIONS.
THE FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI PLANTS
WAS BADLY DAMAGED AFTER AN JAKE
AND TSUNAMI HIT IN MARCH, 2011.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN
COALITION FOR NUCLEAR SATURDAY.
THANK YOU NOR JOINING US.
>> TAKE US BACK TO THAT
DISASTER.
IT WAS AWHILE AGO.
SORT OF WHAT WAS THE MAGNITUDE
OF IT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND?
>> WELL, IT WAS A HUGE DISASTER
MUCH THE COMPLEX, THE NUCLEAR
COMPLEX AS FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI
KICHTED OF SIX NUCLEAR REACTORS,
ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE
OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE
EARTHQUAKE EXAMINE THOSE THREE
REACTOR CORES MELTEDED DOWN
COMPLETELY AT TEMPERATURES, THE
MELTING POINTS OF THE URANIUM --
THAT RELEASES ENORMOUS ACHLTS
RADIOACTIVE.
THERE WERE EXPLOSIONS NOT ONLY
IN THOSE THREE REACTORS BUT IN A
FOURTH REACTOR WHERE FLOFS FUEL
WITH THE CORE BUT THERE WAS ALSO
GRADE EMISSIONS FROM THAT
REACTOR AS WELL.
THESE FOUR REACTORS WERE GIVING
OFF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OVER
VERY LARGE AREAS AND THEY ARE
STILL IN THE SOIL, IN THE FOOD,
IN THE THE FISH, AND IN THE
PEOPLE.
>> OF COURSE THE BIG CONCERN IS
HOW DID IT HAPPEN.
PEOPLE ALWAYSLE THOUGHT IT WAS A
TSUNAMI BUT WHAT DID THIS REPORT
FIND?
>> THIS REPORT IS VERY, VERY
STRONG IN ITS LANGUAGE.
THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ALONE IS
88 PAGES ALONG AND THE REPORT IS
SOME 600 PAGES P.
IT WAS SIX MONTHS IN THE MAKING
AND IT HAS THE FULL AUTHORITIES
OF THE JAPANESE LEGISLATURE,
WHICH IS CALL THE DIET.
AND WHAT THIS REPORT FOUND IS
THAT THERE WAS COLLUSION BETWEEN
THE INDUSTRY, THE REGULATE AND
NOT TO TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS
NECESSARY TO PREVENT SUCH A
DISASTER, TO MITIGATE THE
EFFECTS OF SUCH A DISASTER AND
TO PROTECT THE WEALTH AND
WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED
BY IT.
IT'S A PRETTY DAMNING REPORT.
>> HOW ARE PEOPLE IN JAPAN
RESPONDING TO THIS.
>> WELL, THE PEOPLE IN JAPAN ARE
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
START-UP OF ANY OF THE REACTORS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW THERE WERE 54
NUCLEAR REACTORS IN JAPAN
ACCOUNTING FOR 30% OF THE POWER,
THE ELECTRICAL POWER IN JAPAN.
ALL 54 OF THOSE REACTORS WERE
SHUT DOWN UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN
ONE OF THE REACTORS WAS STARTED
UP.
AND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, WHAT
THIS PANEL IS SAYING IS THAT ALL
OF THE REACTORS IN JAPAN ARE
REALLY AT RISK BECAUSE OF THE
FAILURE TO ANTICIPATE THE DAMAGE
CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES.
THEY DISPUTE THE INDUSTRY'S
CLAIM THAT AUTOMATIC DAMAGE WAS
CAUSED BY THE TSUNAMI.
THEN SAPT EARTHQUAKE T. BROKE
PIPES IN THE UNIT NUMBER ONE IS
LED TO THE LOSS OF COOLING AND
THE EMERGENCY MELT DOWN OF THAT
REACTOR.
SO THEY ARE SAYING THAT ALL OF
THE REACTORS IN JAPANESE ARE AT
RISK.
THEY ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THIS
SHOULD BE A FULLY INDEPENDENT
INQUIRY INTO THE STANDARDS WHICH
ARE INADEQUATE.
THE FAILURE OF THE AUTHORITIES
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND
WELFARE OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE
AND ALSO THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
REGULAR PARLIAMENTARY XHEEPT
WHICH HOLDS ITS OWN HEARINGS ON
A REGULAR BASIS INTO THE DOINGS
OF THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY AND INTO
THE REGULATOR AS WELL.
THE BASICS ACCUSATION OF THIS
REPORT AND, BY THE WAY I SHOULD
EMPHASIZE THIS REPORT WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THE LEGISLATURE
AND CONSISTED OF SCIENTISTS.
SIES METEOROLOGIES, BUT NOT
PEOPLE IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY,
AND THEIR CLAIM IS THAT THE ALL
OF THE JAPANESE POLICIES, BOTH
FROM THE REGULATOR, FROM THE
GOVERNMENT AND FROM THE INDUSTRY
HAVE BEEN FOR THE PRO-MOTION OF
NUCLEAR POWER AND NOT FOR LARGE
SCALE ACCIDENTS.
THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF COP
FUSION AT THE TIME AND THIS WAS
DUE TO A COMPLETE LACK OF
PLANNING FOR ADEQUATE EVACUATION
AND PROTECTION OF THE
POPULATION.