Japan uses Russia's experience after nuclear plant accident - Russian

TOKYO (Itar-Tass) - Russia's experience in clean-up
operation after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster is being used in
Japan to overcome consequences of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima-1
nuclear plant, head of Russia's Federal Medical Biological Agency Vladimir
Uiba told Itar-Tass on Friday.
While in Japan, experts from the Russian agency met with officials
from a number of Japanese ministries to share their experience in clean-up
operation after nuclear accidents. They also visited a medical centre in
the Fukushima prefecture. "The results of these meetings were more than
the Japanese side had expected because we made some very specific
proposals," Uiba said. "They, first of all, included fixing rates of the
radionuclide content in foodstuffs and making food chains that might
deliver radionuclides to a human organism. We did this work after the
Chernobyl accident, so we have enormous experience in this area."
According to Uiba, after the Chernobyl disaster Russian specialists
fixed upper limits of radionuclide content in 140 types of foods. Now,
Japan is adopting such experiences. Thus, the Japanese side has made use
of the data on thyroid gland cancer in children drinking contaminated
milk. "Our Japanese colleagues showed great interest in our research and
expressed thanks for sharing the Chernobyl experience," Uiba said. In his
words, Japan id interested in further cooperation with Russia in this area.
The head of the Russian Federal Medical Biological Agency highly
assessed the steps the Japanese government made after the Fukushima-1
accident. "Tokyo is taking efficient measures related to the evacuation of
people from contaminated territories, to the monitoring of the radiation
environment, etc.," he added.