Japan started to respond to nuclear radiation

The Japanese government took the first steps to respond to the threat of radiation from the No. 1 blast furnace of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant, located 274 km from Tokyo.

The magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck on March 11, resulting in a 10m high tsunami that caused Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to leak radioactive. Then, in efforts to find the nuclear cooling solution of the authorities, the plant's first kiln exploded on March 12, putting Japan at risk of facing a radioactive disaster. Nuclear.

However, international experts say that the explosion at the Japanese nuclear plant is serious but does not mean another Chernobyl disaster, when radiation affects hundreds of thousands of people.

Immediately after the explosion, the Japanese Government decided to expand the evacuation scope around the Fukushima 1 plant from 10 km to 20 km. This figure is also raised from 3 km to 10 km for Fukushima plant 2. The World Energy Agency IAEA said Japan must at least move 170 thousand people living in the vicinity of two factories. this.

Here are the first images in Japan to respond to the risk of spreading nuclear radiation:

Koriyama emergency rescue center on March 13.

People are helping sick people in wheelchairs evacuate the hospital in the secondary area
access to Fukushima nuclear power plant No. 2.

The staff checked the level of radiation impact of the people who had just evacuated from the area
access to Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant to the emergency rescue center.

Check radioactive levels of children living in the vicinity of the power plant
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Nurses are helping people who are evacuated from an area threatened by radiation damage
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