Ukraine ready to aid Japan in case of radioactive contamination

KIEV, March 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine is ready to give assistance to
Japan in case of radioactive contamination of its territory if the events
at Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant take the worst turn, Mikhail Bondarkov,
the director-general of the Chernobyl Centre for Nuclear Safety,
Radioactive Waste and Radioecology, told Itar-Tass on Monday.
"Japan was among the founders of the International Chernobyl Centre,
so it knows our possibilities well. If there is a serious leakage of
radiation, we can help them with methods and provide specialists,"
Bondarkov said, adding that there had been no such requests yet.
Bondarkov said there were no reports about radioactive contamination
in Japan following the problem with Fukushima-1 NPP. "Radioactive vapor
from the reactor is hazardous, but with the existing wind rose it is
highly likely it will be swept to the ocean, and the radioactive fallout
from that cloud will not harm Japan's population," the expert said. "If
the events took the worst turn, that is, with considerable fallout on the
densely populated part of Japan, we could really be able to give them
assistance," he added.