The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) declared on Dec. 16 that the project to bring the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to a state of cold shutdown had been achieved, and that Step 2 of the road map for bringing the plant under control had been completed. It cannot be considered, however, that the future stages of the road map will be carried out smoothly and that the catastrophic accident at the plant will move towards a complete resolution.
The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) declared on Dec. 16 that the project to bring the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to a state of cold shutdown had been achieved, and that Step 2 of the road map for bringing the plant under control had been completed. It cannot be considered, however, that the future stages of the road map will be carried out smoothly and that the catastrophic accident at the plant will move towards a complete resolution.