Japanese nuclear plant “out of control”

EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger says that the crisis in Japan is now in the "hands of God" and that the Fukushima nuclear plant is “out of control”.

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Thursday, 17.03.2011.

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EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger says that the crisis in Japan is now in the "hands of God" and that the Fukushima nuclear plant is “out of control”. "The site is effectively out of control," the German commissioner told MEPs a day after he described Japan as facing an "apocalypse". Japanese nuclear plant “out of control” Speaking to the European Parliament's environment committee on Wednesday, Oettinger expressed surprise at the "incredible makeshift" methods being used by Japanese technicians to prevent further disaster at the Fukushima power plant. Global stock markets reacted with alarm to the energy chief's comments, with a spokeswoman quickly clarifying that they were not based on any new information, EUobserver has reported. The European Commission also confirmed Wednesday that it had asked EU member states to check the levels of radioactivity in food and feed imports from Japan, although annual imports from the Asian country amount to a relatively low EUR 65mn, mainly fruit, vegetables and fish. Maximum levels of radioactive contamination allowed in food imports into the EU were fixed following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. The Fukushima nuclear power plant before and after the tsunami (Beta)

Japanese nuclear plant “out of control”

Speaking to the European Parliament's environment committee on Wednesday, Oettinger expressed surprise at the "incredible makeshift" methods being used by Japanese technicians to prevent further disaster at the Fukushima power plant.

Global stock markets reacted with alarm to the energy chief's comments, with a spokeswoman quickly clarifying that they were not based on any new information, EUobserver has reported.

The European Commission also confirmed Wednesday that it had asked EU member states to check the levels of radioactivity in food and feed imports from Japan, although annual imports from the Asian country amount to a relatively low EUR 65mn, mainly fruit, vegetables and fish.

Maximum levels of radioactive contamination allowed in food imports into the EU were fixed following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

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