Tepco plans for cold shutdown by January (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

By KAZUAKI NAGATA
Staff writer

The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday they have successfully achieved consistent and stable cooling of the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 plant and will by mid-January reduce the amount of radioactive materials being released.

They also said some evacuated residents may be able to return home after "Step 2" is completed.

With "Step 1" — stable cooling of the reactors — complete, Tepco said it will now try to bring them into a state of cold shutdown.

Disclosing an updated road map to get the stricken plant back under control, Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of the crisis, said the second phase will take three to six months.

While working on stabilizing the plant, the government will make utmost decontamination efforts so people will be able to return to their homes, Hosono said.

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lets hope they can do it..