<p>The Japanese delegation wants to have first-hand information about the situation at the Chernobyl plant and to learn whatever lessons possible to prevent any such accidents, and to make use of Ukraine's experience in the clean-up operations after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Yokomichi said yesterday.<br /><br />On March 11, 2011, a magnitude nine earthquake and a subsequent ten-meter-high tsunami in Japan's north-eastern provinces destroyed the cooling system of the Fukushima-1 plant that resulted in the failure of the plant's power units. Currently, restoration works are in progress on the territories hit by the earthquake.<br /><br />The Chernobyl nuclear plant accident occurred on April 26, 1986. After an explosion at the plant's fourth unit, a 30-kilometer belt around the plant was declared an exclusion zone from where people were evacuated.<br /><br />Now, assisted by donor countries and international organizations, Ukraine is taking measures to overcome the Chernobyl disaster consequences and to make the area around the plant ecologically safe.</p>
<p>The Japanese delegation wants to have first-hand information about the situation at the Chernobyl plant and to learn whatever lessons possible to prevent any such accidents, and to make use of Ukraine's experience in the clean-up operations after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Yokomichi said yesterday.<br /><br />On March 11, 2011, a magnitude nine earthquake and a subsequent ten-meter-high tsunami in Japan's north-eastern provinces destroyed the cooling system of the Fukushima-1 plant that resulted in the failure of the plant's power units. Currently, restoration works are in progress on the territories hit by the earthquake.<br /><br />The Chernobyl nuclear plant accident occurred on April 26, 1986. After an explosion at the plant's fourth unit, a 30-kilometer belt around the plant was declared an exclusion zone from where people were evacuated.<br /><br />Now, assisted by donor countries and international organizations, Ukraine is taking measures to overcome the Chernobyl disaster consequences and to make the area around the plant ecologically safe.</p>