Finally, the authorities have admitted that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear problem is very serious, and still unresolved.
Its rating has now been raised to 7, the highest possible - equal to the Chernobyl disaster. The picture, from the Wall Street Journal, shows the state of the reactor building on Sunday.
Equally, the impact on the global auto industry is being more widely recognised. One senior manager at a German major told the blog that his company regard the issue as being "very serious - people don't realise just how serious it is".
Toyota will likely lose 40% of their global production in Q2, for example.
The key issue is the lack of electricity. This cannot be restored quickly, as the power stations need to be repaired and many of the nuclear reactors are offline. Japan also looks likely to be prioritising household supply over the summer, rather than industry.
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Every country and every one knows that earthquakes are common in Japan so why did they built nuclear power plants? they know very well if they blasts what will be happened. Now they facing that situation it is very bad and unfortunate. Most powerful countries in this world like Russia, America, China and other European countries should help Japan to come out from this situation as soon as Japan come out from this situation they will fulfill their needs as well before this Nuclear blast in fukushima no one dont know where this city and what is the advantage of this city. Now every one can easily identify fukushima.
Posted by prasad | April 14, 2011 11:35 AM
Posted on April 14, 2011 11:35