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Shall we trust TEPCO's roadmap for Japan nuclear crisis?

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2011-4-18 08:53
Japanese police officers stand by bodies of victims while searching for missing people at a devastated area in Namie of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. In the background is part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.


The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan Sunday that would bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow evacuated residents to return to their homes.


The phased road map for ending the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, announced by Tokyo Electric Power Co. chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata at a news conference, includes plans to cover the damaged reactor buildings to contain the radiation and eventually remove the nuclear fuel.


”We sincerely apologize for causing troubles,” Katsumata said. ”We are doing our utmost to prevent the crisis from further worsening.”


Frustrations have been mounting over TEPCO’s failure to resolve the nuclear crisis more than a month after a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, knocking out power and cooling systems at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex.


Katsumata said he was not sure when the tens of thousands who had been forced to flee their homes because of the crisis could go back, but Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said some could return home within six to nine months.


“Of course, some people will be unable to return home, but we will keep everyone informed,” he said, adding that the government hoped TEPCO could contain the radiation sooner than the schedule announced Sunday calls for.


In the first three months of the plan, the company hopes to steadily reduce the level of leaking radiation, Katsumata said. Three to six months after that, it hopes to get the release of radioactive materials under control.


“We would like to see evacuees return to their homes as early as possible,” Katsumata said.


The company is focusing on cooling the reactors and spent fuel pools, decontaminating water that has been contaminated by radiation, mitigating the release of radiation into the atmosphere and soil, and measuring and reducing the amount of radiation affecting the evacuation area, he said.


TEPCO Vice President Sakae Muto said that in addition to covering the reactor buildings, the company will also work with authorities to decontaminate areas affected by the radiation.


TEPCO said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock holdings and real estate to help pay for compensation stemming from the disaster.


JP Morgan has estimated TEPCO could face 2 trillion yen ($24 billion) in compensation losses this financial year, while Bank of America-Merrill Lynch has said the bill could reach $130 billion if the crisis continues.


TEPCO has lost its credit for cover-up and slow reaction to avoid escalation of nuclear crisis. Do you believe TEPCO who considers its own business interests before public safety and health will really get the stricken nuclear station under control as it asserts in the plan?
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