The elimination of the accident to "Fukushima" It will take several decades

"At the final elimination will take time – a few tens of years" – he said. Simultaneously, Kahn noted the need to radically reconsider the whole of the country's energy strategy and to weigh the pros and cons of nuclear energy. The complete elimination of the accident involves a complete cooling and subsequent removal of fuel from the reactor, decontamination of soil and water. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11 in Japan at the north-east of NPP "Fukushima-1" was recorded a series of accidents caused by failure of the cooling system. As a result of incidents at nuclear power plants was found a few leaks of radiation, which led authorities to evacuate people from the 20-kilometer zone around nuclear power plants, a ban on finding people in the exclusion zone, as well as forward strong recommendations for evacuation of a number of areas located within a radius of 30 kilometers and more from the NPP. She later appeared on the information found in parts of Japan, the radioactive elements, particularly iodine and cesium isotopes in the air, sea and drinking water, as well as in products. As it became known in May, the first, second and third blocks of the station was melting the fuel assemblies from the fact that the power outages after the quake led to the cessation of receipt of cooling water. According to specialists, at all three reactors likely worst-case scenario, whereby the melting of fuel rods led to the phenomenon of so-called «melt-down», when the nuclear fuel rods from molten drops and collects in the bottom of the reactor vessel. The operator TEPCO nuclear power plants in May stated that he expects to stabilize the situation on the emergency power units for nuclear power plant about six to nine months and a significant reduction in radiation levels at the station – within three months. Japan Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety (NISA) announced April 12 the assignment of the maximum – the seventh – the level of risk of accident, "Fukushima-1". The seventh level of nuclear danger installed only once – during the Chernobyl accident in 1986.