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  • Will beach explosions make Turkey less popular?

    Will beach explosions make Turkey less popular?

    15 people, including 7 Russians, were injured during an explosion at a beach in the Turkish city of Kemer on Sunday.

    Photo: RIA Novosti
    Photo: RIA Novosti

    Mostly, these are slight injuries, which were caused by pebble-stones scatted by the explosion.

    Out of these 7 Russians, 3 are already back from hospital, and 4 are still in hospital.

    A similar incident took place in another Antalya resort, Konyaaltı,on August 26, when a grenade exploded at a beach. Nobody was killed or wounded. Some people faded, but immediately received medical help.

    It still cannot be said for sure was caused the explosion at the Kemer beach. At first, it was supposed that a gas balloon exploded in a nearby restaurant. Then, another version appeared, that it was also a grenade which had been dug by someone in the sand.

    Kemer has always been a calm resort, and it used to be very popular with Russians. But now, experts are afraid that Russians may start to refrain from going there – though the Russian Foreign Ministry hasn’t made any official warnings against visiting the resort.

    Press secretary of the Russian association of tourist agencies Irina Tyurina says:

    “I don’t think that there will be a massive return of money to tourists by tourist agencies. Of course, agencies have no right just not to return money to clients without any compensation. They would either suggest them to postpone the trip or to choose another resort.”

    It looks like for some time past, Russian tourists in Turkey are becoming victims of bad luck. Recently, several Russian tourists were poisoned to death by adulterated whiskey which they drank during a yacht trip. Police have already arrested the yacht’s owner and the whiskey’s suppliers. Some other Russian tourists in Antalya have been poisoned – fortunately, not to death – by something they had eaten. However, this didn’t make Turkey’s resorts less popular with Russians – probably because these resorts are rather cheap and comparatively close to Russia.

    via Will beach explosions make Turkey less popular?: Voice of Russia.

  • Second Explosion Fears At Japan Nuclear Plant

    Second Explosion Fears At Japan Nuclear Plant

    A second explosion could hit the nuclear power plant damaged in Japan’s devastating earthquake, officials have warned.

    Japanese army

    Chief cabinet minister Yukio Edano warned of a hydrogen blast in reactor three at the Daiichi plant in Fukushima, but insisted it could withstand it as reactor one did on Saturday.

    The first explosion destroyed the building housing reactor one, but did not prompt a major radiation leak.

    Mr Edano said it was highly likely a partial meltdown had occurred in one reactor of the Fukushima plant, and that authorities were working on the assumption that one may occur in another.

    Operators are now attempting to reduce the risk of meltdown at a total of three of the affected reactors at Daiichi by injecting sea water into them.

    Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it was preparing to release some steam to relieve pressure in the reactor at the plant – 150 miles (241km) north of Tokyo.

    This plan would release a small amount of radiation.

    “We can stabilise the reactor if we take the air out and pump water in the vessel properly,” Mr Edano said.

    “At the risk of raising further public concern, we cannot rule out the possibility of an explosion.

    “If there is an explosion, however, there would be no significant impact on human health.”

    The government has insisted radiation levels are low following Saturday’s explosion, saying the blast had not affected the reactor’s core container.

    Some 22 people have showed signs of possible exposure to radiation at the Fukushima plant.

    But officials from the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency say up to 160 may have suffered radiation exposure.

    A 12-mile (19km) radius has been imposed on the Fukushima Daiichi plant with an estimated 170,000 people already having been evacuated.

    Sky News’ Holly Williams, in Fukushima, said: “The experts I’m speaking to say that at the moment, as long as people are evacuated from the area, there is very little risk to humans.

    “But they say the big risk here is fire. If either of these reactors caught fire, that would spread that radiation over a much larger area, which is obviously the concern of Japanese authorities at this moment.”

    A six-mile exclusion zone is also in place around the nearby Fukushima Daini station, with an estimated 30,000 people told to leave the area.

    The Sky News