Monday, October 7, 2013

Japan asks international community to help solve Fukushima crisis

Danielle Demetriou
The Telegraph
October 7, 2013

Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, confirmed that Japan was open to receiving assistance from overseas in a bid to help resolve the world’s worst nuclear crisis in decades.

“We are wide open to receive the most advanced knowledge from overseas to contain the problem,” said Mr Abe, during a speech made in English at a science forum in Kyoto. “My country needs your knowledge and expertise.”

His comments were made against a backdrop of on-going technical issues, with operators confirming that the latest mishap was an accidental power cut stopping pumps used to inject water to cool damaged reactors.

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