Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Operator of wrecked Japan nuclear plant pledges improvements

Tanks of radiation-contaminated water are seen at the Tokyo Electric Power Co's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture By Mari Saito and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, under fire to put right repeated contamination mishaps, promised on Tuesday to draft in extra workers and improve equipment as part of plans to make the site safe and keep the company solvent. Tokyo Electric Power Company, or Tepco, has been reprimanded twice in as many months by Japan's nuclear regulator for mismanagement in a cleanup operation more than 2 1/2 years after the Fukushima Daiichi plant was struck by an earthquake and tsunami. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/operator-wrecked-japan-nuclear-plant-pledges-improvements-112727624--sector.html

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