Reply #16: TEPCO: Four Fukushima reactors to be scrapped

[Octafish]

Agree, totally, caseymoz. We need time to marshall resources, etc. Unfortunately, the more time this thing goes, the worse things get.

Four Fukushima reactors to be scrapped

30 Mar 2011 18:43

Tokyo – APA. Four reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant No.1 became non-recoverable and will be scrapped, APA reports.

"We have no choice but to scrap reactors 1 to 4 if we look at their conditions objectively," Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata said at a press conference. Katsumata said this issue was discussed with the government and Fukushima local authorities. Yukiya Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary proposed to shut up all energy blocs in the plant.