Japan nuclear zone with a view to long

April 1, 2011 last evacuated one of uncertain FutureThe updated evacuation of residents in the vicinity of Japan's earthquake of affected Fukushima nuclear plant to face 12:31 pm Japan's nuclear zone long-term, officials say.

Many of the tens of thousands of people evacuated from the area around the plant life in shelters.

The announcement came as high radiation for the first time in the groundwater in the vicinity of the plant's six reactors were detected.

In the meantime, has begun a massive search, find the remains of which hit missing since the devastating tsunami.

Three weeks after the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the actual number of those who died is not yet known.

More than 11,500 people are dead, but almost confirmed 16,500 remain unclear.

More than 100 Japanese and US military aircraft and 65 ships are finding all other facilities of scouring north eastern coast of the country.

Some 24,000 military personnel deal with, are the three-day air and sea operation of banks, which were largely submerged or remain under water, as the mouths of large rivers.

The BBC's Mark Worthington says a large three-day hunt for tsunami body is always in progress

Many coastal areas remain for Savior you try road or the disfigured remains of houses, ships, cars and trains give blocked not accessible.

Because of radiation concerns, the search includes not the 20 km (12 miles) evacuation zone to the Fukushima Daiichi plant, where it believed to 1,000 jobs will be.

Food contamination

More than 70,000 people within the exclusion zone in shelters moved.

More than 136,000 people, that in 20-30 km of the plant have life to leave or stay inside was encouraged by the authorities.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said that the evacuation would be "long term".

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"At the current stage, we cannot say that the plant has been sufficiently stabilized has." But we are preparing for all types of situations and I am convinced that the plant can be stabilized.

"We say at this stage by can say if this is done, but we try our best," he said.

The authorities are against calls from the UN atomic Agency to extend the exclusion zone around the plant after it found at the village of Iitate, 40 km of safe radiation limits exceeded.

Highly radioactive water in the plant leak; for the first time, it was found 15 m under reactor 1 in groundwater.

Although it does not appear, caused an immediate problem, it is possible that it finally affect drinking water if concentrations were high enough.

Radioactive material discovered in the Sea close to the facility level rose sharply on Thursday with radioactive iodine 4,385 times reach the border.

In the latest twist, who has said much criticized the system, Tepco, operator, it will review all the data on the radiation from the plant leaked, citing errors in a computer program.

Called under the measurements in question one, was the ground water with radioactive iodine concentrations of 10,000 times standard, showed Government the nuclear safety agency said.

Sea water and air are concentrations of this week in the year under review.

Video of nuclear Tepco plant operator released shows the damage to the plant

Workers continue to try to cool four reactors with water fuel rods to stabilize. They are also the problem of dealing with highly radioactive run-off water that has accumulated in a tunnel.

TEPCO is also under fire after turned out there was a shortage of radiation monitors for workers.

Many of the monitors were destroyed in the tsunami, as Tepco a place assigned per person, per group of workers to had Japan's nuclear safety agency said.

"The Agency warned yesterday (Thursday), the exposure levels, manage extreme workers to do Tepco", said spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama.

Radioactive material can be continuously, the country's leaking nuclear from the damaged plant and industrial (NISA) agency said.

The radiation that has stopped shipments of certain vegetables, dairy products and other foods from four nearby prefectures, has increased was to include beef, that said Department of health.

The Government insists, however, that contamination reaches no water or food levels, which would be harmful to the health of the people.

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