2011年4月9日星期六

The Japan reactor operator apologises for radiation - Reuters

* TEPCO apologizes to the Japan, neighbours to radiation

* For pumping of radioactive water at sea at the end Sunday

* PM Kan to visit the tsunami zone

* Japan hopes banned agricultural imports from China will remain "reasonable".

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chisa Fujioka

(TOKYO, April 10, Reuters) - Japanese power company Executive has apologised for the dissemination of radiation in the air and sea as regulators said the pumping of radioactive water in the waters off the coast of the Japan of a nuclear power plant crippled would end Sunday, one day later than scheduled.

The apology of Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) (9501.T) came a day after China and the Korea of the South is concerned about discharge of contaminated water from the plant of Fukushima Daiichi broken by the earthquake of last monthreflecting the growing international unease over the nuclear crisis of long months.

"I would like to apologize for my heart on the worries and disorders we are causing to society due the release of radiological materials in water of sea and the atmosphere," Sakae Muto, TEPCO vice President, said Saturday.

"We worry and trouble for having taken this decision without taking enough time to explain the case prior to the persons concerned, to the press, the fishing industry and people abroad, and we are sorry to do this""," he added.

In Jakarta, Foreign Affairs Minister Takeaki Matsumoto explained political crisis of Japan with counterparts from the 10 ASEAN countries Saturday and his spokesperson urged the neighbours of the Japan only way to exaggerate the low levels of radiation.

"We are quite sorry on the fact that nuclear power plants are causes these concerns, concerns around the world, but you have to check the level of radioactivity the IAEA spoke,", said spokesman Satoru Sato.

Hidehiko Nishiyama, an Assistant Director-General of the Japan nuclear and industrial safety agency, told reporters Saturday: "we are working on the release of water... we are likely to complete this tomorrow."

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