2011年5月31日星期二

Japanese atomic crisis response dissatisfied: poll (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) - nearly three quarters of Japanese voters are unhappy with the handling of the Government of center-left of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a newspaper poll said Monday.

The survey came days before Prime Minister Naoto Kan is facing a motion of no confidence threatened by the conservative opposition, which is unlikely to pass, but this nevertheless headache political fresh for him.

In its investigation, the Nikkei Financial daily said that 74% of respondents were dissatisfied with the Government Kan of the maximum of 70 per cent, nuclear crisis management in a survey in April.

Support of the public for the cabinet of the Kan amounted to 28%, compared to 27 percent in April, said the Nikkei.

The telephone survey was conducted from Friday to Sunday, covering the road voters, 59.4 percent gave valid answers, in the regions through the Japan other than the areas hit hardest by the earthquake on March 11 and the tsunami.

Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the nuclear power, has been struggling to tackle the crisis since the seismic disaster crippled of cooling systems to the onset of multiple collapses of reactor plant and radiation leaks.

Since the gauges were installed or repaired earlier this month, TEPCO has confirmed the fears of the experts that fuel in reactors of one, two and three bars have been exposed to air and partially melted.

TEPCO believes now that it will be impossible at the end of the crisis at the end of the year it earlier predicted, Kyodo News announced Monday, citing an official high society who said "there will be a delay of work".

TEPCO April 17 announced its roadmap to reach a stable state of "shutdown" cold in all reactors of six to nine months. The company said earlier this month that he was on the scheduled date.

But Kyodo quoted a top TEPCO official saying: "nine months is just a term target for which we make efforts".


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