A small amount of Japanese radiation flew to the United States, the number of victims exceeded 17,000

Radioactive material from the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan was discovered as far away as California, while the Japanese took the 'stop race' to cool the nuclear reactors.

Volunteers stay at Fukushima factory. Eutimes photo

Diplomatic sources say UN radios monitoring stations in the United States show that some radioactive substances have crossed the Pacific Ocean, but these numbers are too small to be harmful to human health. .

The Japanese government says, although high levels of radiation are being discovered many kilometers away from damaged factories, they do not pose a threat to human health. Some foreign governments, including the United States, are available with charter aircraft from the capital for citizens who want to leave Japan. Some Japanese observers call the radioactive concerns of people in Tokyo an overreaction, and point out that those who return home will be exposed to more high altitude flights than ever. stay in place.

Experts are trying to install a new electrical path to this area so that the operation of the cooling system has been paralyzed due to earthquakes and tsunamis. Doing so to obtain continuous power source running the water pump. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said engineers at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant have successfully pulled the conductor cable to the No. 2 reactor. But government officials say it may have to come. tomorrow, March 20, the chillers will start again in the No.2 and No.3 reactors.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it will hold a special session on the Japanese nuclear crisis on Monday at 21 GMT and at the meeting, IAEA Director Yukiya Amano will approve. inform members of the emergency situation in Japan, after his March 17-19 trip to this country.

Since the earthquake and tsunami a week ago, fires, explosions, and molten cores took place at four of the six reactors at the Fukushima I. plant. Reaction No. 3 is still a priority. The mixed oxide fuel - also known as MOX - contains extremely toxic plutonium that has been exposed to partial air. Without water, these bars will continue to be hot and capable of emitting radioactive material outside the facility in this coastal area.

Meanwhile, speaking while visiting Tokyo yesterday, IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano said cooling the nuclear reactors at Fukushima was a time-consuming race.

In an effort to end the nuclear disaster, Japanese volunteers sacrificed to mobilize water cannon cars close to nuclear reactors to cool down kilns 1, 2 and 4, as well as pump water into the lake. contains the furnace number 4.

Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said that the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant was "very serious " while Japanese officials raised the severity of the nuclear disaster from level 4 to level 5. The highest level of internationalization is 7. Level 5 is an accident with more consequences, including emitting radioactive substances with many probability that the public will be infected.

The helicopters will fly across this area today to measure radiation levels.

The number of dead and missing people exceeded 17,000

According to the Japanese national police, the number of deaths and missing people officially reached 17,227, of which 6,911 were killed, surpassing the number of deaths in the 1995 earthquake in Kobe.

The number of missing people increased to 10,316. In addition, a total of 2,356 people were injured.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake in January 1995 rocked the western Japanese port city of Kobe, killing 6,434 people.

Thus, the recent 11 March earthquake is the worst natural disaster since the Kanto super-earthquake in 1923, killing more than 142,000 people.

The number of deaths from the earthquake / tsunami double last week increased sharply in recent days and is expected to rise even more.

The mayor of Ishinomaki coastal city in Miyagi Prefecture said at the end of Wednesday that the number of missing people would surely exceed 10,000.

Meanwhile, on this morning, the NHK TV channel said about 10,000 people were still missing in the port city of Minamisanriku, also in Miyagi prefecture.