Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up could take decades
Albuquerque Express Saturday 9th July, 2011
The Japanese prime minister has predicted it will take well over ten years to decommission the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Water crippled the cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
In the first government announcement since the disaster, Prime Minister Naoto Kan told members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan on Saturday that the entire clean-up would require a long time-frame.
He said with three reactors suffering meltdowns, it would take over ten years to control the situation.
He also warned it would take several decades until the accident is finally settled.
The removal of melted nuclear fuel is expected to begin around 2021, with reactors to be dismantled over a 30 year period.
Until Saturday, the government had not presented an estimate of how long it would take for the Fukushima crisis to end.
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