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Fri, 03/18/2011 - 20:15
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According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, Japan currently has 54 nuclear plants in operation
nationwide, and about 30 per cent of power supply comes from
them.
The ministry had earlier proposed that Japan build nine
new atomic plants by 2020 and over 14 more by 2030 to fight
global warming.
The US, Australia and several European nations asked
their citizens in Tokyo and the quake-hit northeast to leave.
The US State Department chartered flights for Americans
wishing to move out of the region and allowed its embassy
staff and their families to leave the country. Many companies
also hired private jets to move their staff out.
In Washington, President Barack Obama ordered a
"comprehensive" safety review of all the nuclear power plants
in the US in the light of the current situation in Japan.
"I've asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do a
comprehensive review of the safety of our domestic nuclear
plants in light of the natural disaster that unfolded in
Japan," Obama told reporters at the White House Rose Garden.
The President, however, said he does not expect
harmful levels of radiation from Japan to reach US soil.
"Many Americans are worried about the potential risks
to the United States... Let me repeat that: We do not expect
harmful levels of radiation to reach the West Coast, Hawaii,
Alaska or US territories in the Pacific. That is the judgment
of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts."
"Even as Japanese responders continue to do heroic
work, we know that the damage to the nuclear reactors in
Fukushima Daiichi plant poses a substantial risk to people who
are nearby," the President said, adding, that why his
administration had called for an evacuation of US citizens
who are within 50 miles of the plant.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the
G-7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the
United States -- expressed their "solidarity with the Japanese
people" and pledged "any needed cooperation."
They agreed on a coordinated effort to weaken the
Japanese yen, which has surged to record levels following the
earthquake and tsunami.
The joint action by the G-7, which came at the request
of the Japanese authorities, was the first since September
2010, when they collaborated to prevent the fall in the euro.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, Japan currently has 54 nuclear plants in operation
nationwide, and about 30 per cent of power supply comes from
them.
The ministry had earlier proposed that Japan build nine
new atomic plants by 2020 and over 14 more by 2030 to fight
global warming.
The US, Australia and several European nations asked
their citizens in Tokyo and the quake-hit northeast to leave.
The US State Department chartered flights for Americans
wishing to move out of the region and allowed its embassy
staff and their families to leave the country. Many companies
also hired private jets to move their staff out.
In Washington, President Barack Obama ordered a
"comprehensive" safety review of all the nuclear power plants
in the US in the light of the current situation in Japan.
"I've asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do a
comprehensive review of the safety of our domestic nuclear
plants in light of the natural disaster that unfolded in
Japan," Obama told reporters at the White House Rose Garden.
The President, however, said he does not expect
harmful levels of radiation from Japan to reach US soil.
"Many Americans are worried about the potential risks
to the United States... Let me repeat that: We do not expect
harmful levels of radiation to reach the West Coast, Hawaii,
Alaska or US territories in the Pacific. That is the judgment
of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts."
"Even as Japanese responders continue to do heroic
work, we know that the damage to the nuclear reactors in
Fukushima Daiichi plant poses a substantial risk to people who
are nearby," the President said, adding, that why his
administration had called for an evacuation of US citizens
who are within 50 miles of the plant.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the
G-7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the
United States -- expressed their "solidarity with the Japanese
people" and pledged "any needed cooperation."
They agreed on a coordinated effort to weaken the
Japanese yen, which has surged to record levels following the
earthquake and tsunami.
The joint action by the G-7, which came at the request
of the Japanese authorities, was the first since September
2010, when they collaborated to prevent the fall in the euro.
