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Politics
58% Don't Approve of Government Handling of Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tokyo - (PanOrient News) A total of 58.2 percent of respondents to Kyodo News survey said they do not approve of the government's handling of the nuclear crisis at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, while 39.3 percent expressed approval.
The survey, conducted Saturday and Sunday, showed that 57.9 percent said they approve of the way the state has dealt with disaster-victim support in northeastern and eastern Japan hit by the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11.
It also found that 19.6 percent said they do not approve at all of the government's response to the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture which was severely damaged by the quake and tsunami. 38.6 percent said they do not approve of it very much.
Only 4.9 percent expressed considerable approval and 34.4 percent said they value the government's handling of the situation to a certain extent, Kyodo News said.
In terms of the central government's relief measures for disaster victims and support for disaster-hit areas, 10.0 percent said they considerably approve of the moves and 47.9 percent said they approve to a certain extent. In contrast, 31.9 percent said they do not value the government response very much and 7.3 percent they do not approve of it at all.
Meanwhile, a high level of radioactive concentration has been detected at a puddle of water at a turbine building at the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday.
The level of concentration found in a sample water was some 10 million times as high as water inside a reactor in operation. The sample had 2.9 billion becquerels of iodine-134 per one cubic centimeter. The iodine has a half-life of as short as 53 minutes. The sample also contained radioactive cesium, cobalt and silver, the company said.
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