For constant monitoring of the situation at the Japanese nuclear power plant and operational response on the basis of the Rosatom state corporation, the headquarters was formed as part of: Lokshin Alexander Markovich - Deputy General Director of the State Corporation Rosatom Asmolov Vladimir Grigoryevich - First Deputy General Director of OJSC "Concern" Rosenergoatom " Shutikov Alexander Viktorovich - Deputy General Director of OJSC "Concern" Rosenergoatom " - Director for the production and

We publish a pre-flight interview with the commander of the manned ship TMA-21, starting on March 30, 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Alexander Samokutyaev, taken from him by the press service of Roscosmos . It would be wrong to build our conversation with Alexander Samoktyaev in the format of a normal interview. If only because Samokutyaev will become the commander of the first Russian manned ship, who has not just a series and number - “TMA -21 Union”, but also his own name - “Gagarin”.

The Sakhalin Tsunami warning center canceled on Saturday at 12.20 Sakhalin time (05.20 in Moscow) the threat of tsunami throughout the territory of the smoking throughout the territory, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in Taimuraz Kasaeva.

On the night of Thursday, March 10, 2011, Endeavour shuttle made a trip three and a half miles in order to take his position on the launch pad 39a of the Kenned Space Center, where he should go to the ISS, Spaceflight Now reports. From this day until May 2, 2011, every day is a ten -minute “Starting window”, which allows the junction with the International Space Station on the third or fourth day. It will be the 25th and extreme flight of this cosmic shuttle.

The cooling systems of three reactors failed at another Japanese nuclear power plant on Saturday, March 12. The Fukushima-2 nuclear station, which is 12 kilometers from the Fukushima-1 NPP, has also suffered from stopping the supply of electricity, reports Associated Press . According to the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the pressure inside the reactors is still stable, but it grows in the protective shell, writes Reuters .

The earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in northern Japan, in the prefecture of Fukushima, where large nuclear power plants are located, reports Reuters . Recall that at the Fukushima-1 station, which suffered from a destructive earthquake that happened on March 11 off the coast of the Miyagi Prefecture northeast of Tokyo, hydrogen gas exploded today when cooling the reactor.

A hydrogen gas used to cool the reactor exploded at the Fukushima-1 NPP in Japan. Four station employees were injured. Earlier, at a nuclear power plant located 240 km north of Tokyo, an uncontrolled reaction of nuclear division occurred. To prevent the destruction of the reactor shell, it was necessary to emit part of the radioactive pair into the atmosphere, ITAR-TASS reports. The radiation background on the border of Fukushima-1 began to rise.

In the missile and space corporation "Energy" named after S.P. Koroleva on March 10, 2011, chaired by the president, general designer of the corporation Vitaly Lopota, a meeting of the Council of Chief Designers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station was held, the press service of the corporation reports. There are no obstacles to the continuation of work under the ISS program.

The explosion at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan, which suffered from the earthquake, occurred on March 12 due to the failure of the pumping installation used to cool the reactor, the Secretary General of the Japanese government Yukio Edano said. He emphasized once again that the reactor itself was not injured, CNN reports.

Due to a powerful earthquake and tsunami, large casualties and destruction, the Russian Foreign Ministry recommends that he refrain from traveling to Japan "with tourist and other personal goals." The Russian Union of Turin industry, however, has already stated that the Russians themselves did not want to go to Japan - in connection with the latest events. Recall that today, underground shocks of 6.1 magnitude were recorded in the area of ​​the island of Honsu.

Specialists managed to lower the pressure at the Japanese Fukushima-1 NPP, which had previously threatened the reactor’s shell and a radiation leak outside the nuclear power plant, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ministry of Industry and Economics of Japan. At the same time, due to the output of the gas, which accumulated in the protective shell of the reactor, the radiation background at the nuclear power plant increased.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, citing a Japanese Foreign Ministry, there are no foreigners among the victims of a powerful earthquake. Recall that the strongest earthquake happened in Japan on March 11. The city of Sandai was most affected in the prefecture of Miyagi, located 373 km northeast of Tokyo. There is still no electricity and telephone. The Japanese authorities talked about more than a thousand dead due to underground shocks, police data differed-about 700 victims.

The Russians massively refuse tours to Japan due to repeated reports of underground shocks, the number of victims of the earthquake on March 11, problems at the Japanese nuclear power plant, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Train industry Irina Tyurina said to the Russian News Service . According to her, until the Russian Foreign Ministry for banned trips to Japan, tour operators under the law may not pay compensation.

At the NPP in the Japanese Prefecture Fukushima on Saturday morning, the radioactive gas from the content (protective membrane) of the first unit reactor will begin to be shaken, Kyodo News reports. Placing gas formed as a result of nuclear reactions is necessary for Japanese specialists in order to normalize the pressure inside the reactor. Now it exceeds the norms and threatens with leaks from the nuclear power plant.

At the nuclear power plant in the Japanese Prefecture Fukushima, a leak of radioactive substances could occur, Kyodo News reports citing a representative of the Tokyo Electric Power Company. The nuclear and industrial security agency for the information agency confirmed that the radiation level in the control room of the reactor of the first unit is a thousand times higher than the norm. At the same time, radioactive substances spread throughout the station.