Japan asks France to help with the liquidation of the accident at the plant

Company is the operator of a Japanese nuclear power plant, Fukushima-1 "" Tokyo Electric Power Co "sought help from the French government. This was reported by French Industry Minister Eric Besson, speaking on the TV channel RTL. According to him, the request came about 1,5 days ago, the Commissariat for Atomic Energy of France and two French corporations, Electricite de France and Areva. E. Besson did not say what kind of assistance requested by Japanese. However, he described the situation at the nuclear power plant emergency critical. The Minister noted that companies EDF and Areva have helped TEPCO to eliminate accident "Fukushima-1 and before the formal request. In particular, they were sent to Japan to robots which are able to work on nuclear power in an emergency. Earlier, Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan said that the situation on emergency nuclear power plant, Fukushima-1 "remains unpredictable. In turn, the general secretary of the Cabinet, Yukio Edano said that the situation on "Fukushima-1" is not getting worse, but called the term liquidation of the accident is not yet possible. As you know, nuclear power Fukushima-1 "has failed as a result of the most powerful in the last 140 years, earthquakes in Japan. At the station there were several explosions and fires. The level of radiation in the surrounding 30 km area in 1150 again exceeded the allowable value. Ministry of Industry