Fukushima Roadmap.

The roadmap for controlling and cleaning up the accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station is evidently out. I don’t have direct access but NHK is reporting:

o Removal of the melted fuel rods may begin in 10 years (2021).

o The 2021 target date depends on timely development of new technology.

o On-site buildings will be demolished and safely cleared away in “dozens of years”.
There is no statement about when the accident is expected to end.

o There are still daily uncontrolled releases of radiation to the environment.

o The reactors are not yet in “cold shutdown” (and probably will not be for some months).

o Reactor 3 is the most temperamental and is prone to temperature excursions when the input rate of cooling water is reduced.