Nuclear reactors in Fukushima reached a steady state

Japan announced yesterday that reactors at the tsunami-affected nuclear power plant have achieved a "cool off" condition , marking an important step in the nine-month nuclear crisis.

>>>Officially closed Fukushima nuclear power plant

Japanese Jiji reported that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said at the nuclear working group meeting that the Fukushima plant's crippled reactors "have reached a state of cooling off, meaning that the tried to be controlled ".

The control of reactors causing radioactive leakage into the sea and air marked the success of the Japanese government's "second step" in an effort to tackle the devastating nuclear crisis that began in March.

The "step one" of remedial work is to cool the reactors and fuel tanks, which were declared successful in July. "Second step" this time is to continue cooling the reactors and houses. The machine can be considered to be controlled.

The situation at Fukushima damaged nuclear power plant has been controlled.

The central task will now be to stop operations for damaged parts, warned that it will take decades.

The Japanese government hopes that the announcement to control the situation at the Fukushima plant will ease people's obsession with the aftermath of the terrible earthquake and tsunami in March.

However, Telegraph quoted Takashi Sawada, vice president of Japan National Atomic Energy Association, an expert of the pro-nuclear power production group, said he was worried because he did not see the Government and the Company. Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) made it clear whether the four damaged reactors are now safe.

"But I think it can be said that the reactors have reached a relatively stable state of cooling," he said. And he added that the current amount of radiation leakage is very small compared to when the new factory was destroyed.

And Mr. Tetsunari Iida, director of the Institute of Sustainable Energy Policy, a group opposed to nuclear energy production said the term "cool off" and "out of operation" was misinterpreted, he worried about the terms. This will make everyone think everything is okay.

"The shutdown they are talking about is not the fact that fuel tanks are removed, the plants are dismantled as a shutdown that we often think of. This takes at least 40 years or has It may take longer, " Iida said.

The nuclear crisis was reported to cause no direct human damage, but tens of thousands of people living around the plant were evacuated to avoid the effects of radiation. Forests around the factory area that are also contaminated with radioactivity are reputable for the nuclear power industry, which accounts for one-third of Japan's power output.