Japan asks Russia for help

Japan has asked Russia to send a special radiation treatment vessel to help dispose of contaminated water from a Japanese nuclear power plant.

Izvor: VOA

Tuesday, 05.04.2011.

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Japan has asked Russia to send a special radiation treatment vessel to help dispose of contaminated water from a Japanese nuclear power plant. VOA reports that the Fukushima plant was crippled by last month's massive earthquake and tsunami. Japan asks Russia for help A spokesman for Russia's state-controlled nuclear agency, Rosatom, said Monday Russian officials are considering the request. The Russian vessel treats radioactive liquids as part of the decommissioning of nuclear submarines. It was built in a joint venture between Russia and Japan. Also Monday, operators of Fukushima began releasing more than 10,000 tons of contaminated water into the ocean to make room in their storage tanks for water even more radioactive, marking the latest effort to bring overheating reactors at the plant under control. A view of the Fukushima plant (Beta/AP)

Japan asks Russia for help

A spokesman for Russia's state-controlled nuclear agency, Rosatom, said Monday Russian officials are considering the request.

The Russian vessel treats radioactive liquids as part of the decommissioning of nuclear submarines. It was built in a joint venture between Russia and Japan.

Also Monday, operators of Fukushima began releasing more than 10,000 tons of contaminated water into the ocean to make room in their storage tanks for water even more radioactive, marking the latest effort to bring overheating reactors at the plant under control.

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