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Although a decade is a long time to deal with a crisis, compared to other estimates (see ABC News Crews 'facing 100-year battle' at Fukushima), today’s report actually sounds optimistic.
Photo credit IAEA
The plan comes from manufacturing giant Toshiba, which helped build the Fukushima Daiichi plant, and was generated in consort with 4 US companies in the nuclear industry.
It envisions a 3-phase decommissioning and cleanup strategy, with the first phase – cooling and stabilizing the reactors and spent fuel pools – expected to take several months
Phase II – removing the nuclear fuel rods – would take 5 years.
And Phase III - dismantling the reactors and environmental cleanup – will take another 5 years.
NHK World News has more in the following report:
Reactor makers draft 10-year decommission plan
updated at 13:57 UTC, Apr. 14
