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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.
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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
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