Japan once rejected a proposal to help resolve the US nuclear incident

During the nuclear incident at the Fukushima power plant last year, the United States proposed to send a nuclear support specialist, but Japan refused for fear of touching national autonomy, a Japanese official said. May 27th.

'US Ambassador John Roos said that the US hoped to send its nuclear engineer to work at the prime minister's office to help solve the nuclear crisis in Fukushima. But from the point of view of Japan's autonomy, I refused this proposal , "Japanese Industry and Trade Minister Yukio Edano told the National Assembly's Nuclear Commission.

The US proposal was sent to Japan on March 14, 2011, three days after the 9-magnitude earthquake caused radioactive leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Smoke comes from Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011

'Americans were obviously very worried and at that time I was in a similar state, because the sharing of information about the nuclear crisis did not go smoothly. So, they made the offer immediately after the disaster , 'Mr. Edano reported.

According to a Japanese news agency, Tokyo has also rejected US technical assistance to immediately cool fuel rods at nuclear reactors.

After that, the United States provided personnel support, including dispatching marines and planes to emergency rescue operations.

It is known that the hearing on May 27 was organized by the National Assembly's Nuclear Commission, focusing on understanding why the government led by former Prime Minister Naoto Kan delaying the implementation of rescue measures. emergency that could have prevented the leak of radioactive substances at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The committee will also investigate why the government at that time was slow to disclose information about radiation leaks to people in the affected areas. The results of the hearing will be released in June.