One might wonder how the world’s third largest economy could not foresee the flaws in its power supply and stand-by operations at the 6 reactor Fukushima Daiichi Plant, until the powerful tsunami and earthquake rattled the country on March 11 2011.
The latest revelation from Wiki leaks states that IAEA had insisted that the safety and security procedures in 2009 at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant was out-of-date and would pose a “serious threat” in the advent of earthquake or tsunami, if not upgraded. However, it also reveals that Japan had commissioned an Emergency Response Center at the same Plant to withstand any threat from the natural disasters like earthquake up to a magnitude of 7.0 Richter scale.
Unfortunately, the quake that hit the country on March 11, 2011 measured 8.9/9.0 on Richter scale has completely shut down the nuclear plant, that is now threatening a radiation leak forcing its residents in and around 20 Kms radius to leave the city.
Meanwhile Japanese military helicopters and fire trucks are pouring water on the overheating spent-fuel pool at the No. 3 reactor, which is at a greater risk of spewing radioactivity in the atmosphere, causing serious hazards to humans, while US Scientists believe that the fourth reactor might have run out of water, posing higher threat of radiation leak into atmosphere.
On the other hand, rescue operations are on as engineers are trying to fix one km long power cable from the main grid to restart the water pumps to cool the spent-fuel pipes, however, officials were unsure if the motors would work, especially after the explosion occurred during the couple of days.
On the other hand, rescue operations are on as engineers are trying to fix one km long power cable from the main grid to restart the water pumps to cool the spent-fuel pipes, however, officials were unsure if the motors would work, especially after the explosion occurred during the couple of days.
Already countries like USA and India are sending air crafts to bring their citizens back home, as IAEA states “the situation continues to be very serious”.
Amidst this scenario, Indian IT companies like Infosys has stated that it will continue serving operations to their clients, as Infosys COO Shibulal said, “Business will continue. The servicing given to clients will continue because they are very very important,” he clarified to media and added, “We have capacity all over India, Japan's works happen in many of our developing centres, it could be Mysore, Bangalore, Chandigarh. People are going back to wherever is the base location of the corresponding programme,” he said
Amidst this scenario, Indian IT companies like Infosys has stated that it will continue serving operations to their clients, as Infosys COO Shibulal said, “Business will continue. The servicing given to clients will continue because they are very very important,” he clarified to media and added, “We have capacity all over India, Japan's works happen in many of our developing centres, it could be Mysore, Bangalore, Chandigarh. People are going back to wherever is the base location of the corresponding programme,” he said
Commenting on the Japan’s nuclear disaster French President Nicolas Sarkozy said, “the accident in Japan had "provoked across the world a number of questions about the safety of nuclear power stations and the energy mix,” and added, “France would continue to rely on nuclear energy, which is an essential element of its energy independence and the struggle against greenhouse gases. I remain convinced of the relevance today of those choices." France is currently the second largest producer of nuclear energy after United States of America.
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