And at the end of the week operator of emergency plant reported that of the second reactor nuclear power plant "Fukushima-1 'leak of radioactive water. According to experts, the content of the radiation in the water, which through the cracks in the foundation of the building unit falls into the sea in the gutter of a thousand millisieverts per hour. On Sunday, Prime Minister of Japan, Hosono Gauci said that the situation on the 'Fukushima' critical but stable. Meanwhile, in the atmosphere over the state of North and South Carolina and Florida have been found traces of radioactive iodine. Traces of the radioactive isotope iodine-131 found in sediments and seawater in the Canadian coast of British Columbia. Measuring equipment in Belarus and indicate the presence of traces of radiation originating from Japan, but the danger for the inhabitants of the country's no. Recall that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami were the most horrific in its disastrous consequences for the last 88 years. Many densely populated areas on the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, on March 11 that the giant tsunami waves hit, are still flooded.
Environmentalists and energy is supplied results of the action 'Earth Hour 2011' Results of the ecological action "Earth Hour 2011 ', which took place on the planet on March 26, received mixed reviews in the fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia, the population faced with turning out the lights and in everyday life. In a country where nearly half the population lives without electricity in general, the capital and its suburbs have one-fifth of the total consumption of electricity in Indonesia. This year, shares in Jakarta, were involved in only 86 companies and 170 buildings, and thus achieve the planned target of 300 megawatts of savings did not happen. The final results for the whole country is not summed, but the partial shutdown Electricity for 'Earth Hour' on the populated island of Java in Indonesia and the neighboring resort island of Bali has reduced this year's electricity consumption by 600 megawatts. According to WWF, in 2010, across Indonesia 'Earth Hour' saved 810 megawatts.
Summing up the shares 'Earth Hour 2011' in Russia. For example, residents of the Voronezh region in 60 minutes saved electricity to two rural areas. A total of 20 megawatts. In any case, the savings are not significant. While this action is 'green' in the Voronezh region is not so popular as, for example, in Europe and America. There at the same time, millions of lights turned off street lighting. Although there is a positive trend in Voronezh.