Russia is ready to raise LNG supply to Japan

Russia is ready to raise its hydrocarbon raw material supply to Japan, in particular, LNG in connection with the problems with nuclear generation in Japan. The Prime Minister, V. Putin said at the working meeting on March 12th with the representatives of the Government, I. Sechin, the head of Rosatom, S. Kirienko and the first deputy director of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, R. Tsalikov, the press service of the Government of Russia told a correspondent of IA Regnum.
Our notification systems have worked out effectively, on-time, Mr. Putin said. Our neighbors are in a big trouble. In this connection I ask different departments, companies to work out the issues connected with the possible help to our Japanese partners, if such help is needed – engage Rosatom, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Energy. If it is necessary, please, work out the issue of the raising the supplies of hydrocarbon raw materials, in particular, of LNG, in connection with the problems with nuclear generation in Japan. 
Mr. Putin also mentioned the necessity to continue the monitoring of the situation in the region in all directions. I talked to the heads of the Far East regions of Russia just now. The situation is normal – from the point of view of the citizens’ accommodation and radiation background. It is normal everywhere and in some regions even lower than the norm, the Governor of Sakhalin told me. Nevertheless, the situation should be monitored and kept under control all the time.
Once again all the forces and resources should be checked for presence and readiness in case of such a situation, Mr. Putin said.  
S. Kirienko reported to the Prime Minister about forming of a team at Rosatom. “Our neighbors are in such a difficult situation. On Friday at 2.45 p.m., Tokyo time, after the earthquake 11 energy blocks of the nuclear power stations stopped. The automatic equipment worked out at a regular mode though the block is old. The block Fukushima –Daiichi was constructed in 1971. It is a block of American production. The Japanese company TEPCO uses it. We know this company very well. We supply to it fissile materials for fuel. The automatic system worked out at a regular mode, the blocks stopped, after that the electric power supply stopped at the block. The emergency diesel-generators worked out at a regular mode – they started to bring power from the emergency diesel-generators. Their main goal was to provide the inflow of water. These are the so-called boiling-water reactors. Mr. Putin, there are no such reactors in Russia that work at a single-circuit mode: they have not 2 circuits as at our stations, they have 1. It was extremely important for them to provide water supply to cooling of the active zone. For an hour they were providing it by the diesel-generators. It turned out that in an hour the tsunami came to this place that damaged the system of cooling of the diesel-generators. The diesel-generators stopped – they turned to the battery supply, and added extra emergency diesel-generators. But they failed to control the situation evidently due to the earthquake, Mr. Kirienko said. Now we receive data from the International Atomic Energy Agency and from the Tokyo center, and from the World Association of Organizations using atomic stations. We can compare and make out our own model. The data is the same. The data provided by Japan coincides with our analysis that we had made earlier.
According to the data provided by Mr. Kirienko, at the atomic power station in Japan the explosion of hydrocarbons took place: when the level of water falls, zirconium cover melts and hydrocarbon appears in the interaction with live stream. Together with live stream this hydrocarbon spreads into the atmosphere. A spark was sufficient to explode this hydrocarbon. The explosion took place not in the reactor tank and not in the containment so the tank of the reactor is not damaged, according to the data provided by Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency and our analysis. The spread takes place only with the live stream. At 3.30 p.m., Moscow time or at 8.20 p.m., Tokyo time, on Saturday they made a decision, obtained respectful agreement – they started to fill the containment with the Sea water for cooling. The situation is in the process of stabilization. The level of activity around the station has started to quickly fall – we are watching it. It has already fallen by about 10 times from the maximum level when they decided to spread live steam. Mr. Kirienko also said that the situation is constantly being monitored.  
   

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Translated by Galiya Davletgareeva