Japan has been struggling in its cleanup effort in the aftermath of the nuclear accident. As of March 2015, about 600,000 tons of contaminated water was contained within tanks at the site, with the cleanup estimated to take up to 40 years.
"A new sphere of cooperation with Japan is emerging for us. We want to help our Japanese colleagues in liquidating the Fukushima meltdown consequences," said the deputy head of Rosatom Kirill Komarov.
Nearly 40% of Fukushima evacuation personnel received year's dose of radiation - survey https://t.co/B81R6AoZKt pic.twitter.com/nOTn6HC2iW
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The cooperation could involve Russia shutting down other nuclear power plants Japan won't use in the future.
"We are glad to offer Rosatom services, including our German subsidiary Nukem Technologies," Komarov said adding that negotiations are in progress.
"Nukem has already returned to a greenfield site Kahl and Philippsburg nuclear power stations in Germany," he said.
Record radiation at #Fukushima power plant could kill person in under 1 hour - reports https://t.co/9S8L9mf4Ut pic.twitter.com/vvCekY5DLB
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Earlier on Thursday Russian media reported that Japan was planning to ask for Russian help in shutting down Fukushima.
The Fukushima disaster is considered the second worst nuclear accident after Chernobyl.
It takes word of Russian intervention for you people to cover this story!?!?! 11 lines no less. I think you have that many STORIES on Russia's stupid fighter jet getting shot down (that absolutely NO LIVES were harmed, just a dumb militaristic piece of garbage was sacrificed) and treat it like it was some egregious crime against humanity. And if that weren't sick enough...the little "related articles" thing below it .....I am simply dumb-founded by the audacity.
This is not only FAR BEYOND anything that the Chernobyl accident was, it is the single most devastating man-made disaster in human history! PLEASE do not make this story an aside note or something else that your new found deity ( [Link] ) Putin is also going to clean up while he simultaneously takes care of ISIS. I would much rather you didn't even talk about it. Seriously. If this is the path SOTT and it's staff have conciously chosen to take, I BEG of you to cease and desist. End the madness, take down this site and live the rest of your merry lives in that compound that is so obviously removed from life on this planet.