Japan's only remaining 48 hours of the Chernobyl tragedy

TOKYO - Japan has only 48 hours to bring the nuclear crisis is increasing rapidly, back in control before the crisis that is facing a disaster "worse than Chernobyl", it was claimed last night.The French nuclear safety officials said they were "pessimistic" about whether the engineers can prevent a collapse in the Fukushima nuclear power plant after a pool containing fuel rod is too hot and dry boiling. Last night, the radiation levels "very high" in the building affected by radiation, which is intruded by a previous explosion, meaning that the radiation can now come out into the atmosphere. Tokyo Electric, the owner of the factory, said that five workers were killed at the spot, two of them disappeared and 21 were injured.
Wednesday night, a lead U.S. nuclear safety say that the Japanese government has failed to fully realize the seriousness of the situation at the factory Fuskushima and that the warning to its citizens is not enough and too little.
Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, warned that if the radiation levels are "very high" increase, it will be impossible for workers to continue to take "steps correction" at the plant because they will be forced to flee from the place them.
When Japan was forced to increasingly desperate steps - including spraying water at the site of the helicopter - there are allegations that the situation was now "out of control."
Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the latest developments suggest that all British nationals to leave Tokyo - which is 140 miles north of the factory - and the entire northern Japan. European Union has even urged member countries to examine Japan's food imports for radioactivity. Emperor Akihito made a rare speech to the country, urged Japan to cooperate, but hinted his own fears over the nuclear crisis, saying: "I hope all things are not going to get worse."
In London, the FTSE-100 stock index sank instantly latest emergency news emerged, closing a decrease of 1.7 percent.
Official victims of the earthquake and tsunami on Friday stood at number 4314 on Wednesday night, with 8606 registered disappeared.
Thousands of people are still waiting for food aid and in most remote areas of the disaster zone appears when the rain new misery to heavy snow began falling throughout the northern part of Japan. But all eyes are on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant when the Japanese authorities mengkui concern over the increasing temperature in the three ponds that contain fuel rods.
A cooling system failure that has paralyzed the whole plant was brought on mendidihnya water in the pool number 4. On Wednesday night, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - USNRC) says that there is no water left in the pond, causing radiation levels "very high". A previous fire and explosion in reactor number 4 building is estimated to have been through a protective wall around the pond. A statement from UNSRC said: "We believe that the detention of the secondary has been destroyed and no more water in the pool of fuel and we are confident that very high levels of radiation that could possibly affect the ability to take remedial measures."
If the water has run out, a U.S. nuclear safety officials warned that nothing can stop the fuel rods become increasingly heated and eventually melt. Leather exterior lighting bars are also enough energy to push the radioactive fuel over a wide area.
Jeremy Browne, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: "Clearly there is an evolving situation and all things clearly got worse in the Fukushima nuclear plant."
Efforts to cool the area by removing sea water from the helicopter must be defeated at the first stage because of the danger of radiation levels in the air above the plant. A police water cannon was brought in to help blow up the water into a reactor and ponds that are too hot, but there is a warning that the possibility of late to prevent disaster.
Thierry Charles, an official at Institus penyelematan for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety - IRSN), France, said: "The next 48 hours would be decisive. I am pessimistic because, since Sunday, I have seen that some of solutions have been successful. " He described the situation as "a big risk", but added: "all is not lost."
Asked about the possible maximum amount of radioactive releases, he said that "the numbers will be in the same range as Chernobyl."
The incident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on 26 April 1986 is estimated to have caused 57 immediate deaths, with around 4,000 extra deaths due to cancer.
Francois Baroin, a spokesman for the French government, even further, saying: "In the worst case, can have an impact worse than Chernobyl." He added: "They have clearly lost control of that matters."
Malcolm Grimston, a nuclear expert at British think tank Chatham House, underestimated the suggestions of a coming disaster, said Fukushima is not like Chernobyl.
"We are nearly five days after the division process is stopped, levels of radioactive iodine will be only about two-thirds of where they are at first, a few others, remained very short, highly radioactive material will be lost along now," he said.

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