Later Thursday, a spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Yoshitaka Nagayama, said, «Because we have been unable to go the scene, we can not confirm whether there is water left or not in the spent
fuel pool at Reactor No. 4.»
However, the study of early career markers over the past 7 to 10 years has demonstrated increasing interest in research careers by medical students, steady growth of the MD - PhD
pool, and a new burst of activity in the «
late bloomer»
pool of MDs (individuals who choose research careers in medical school or in residency training),
fueled by loan repayment programs that were created by the NIH in 2002.