Tepco Expects to End Fukushima Crisis by as Early as October
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. expects to resolve the crisis at its tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant, center of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, as early as October.
The utility known as Tepco expects a sustained drop in radiation levels at the plant within three months, the company said in a statement released at a news conference in Tokyo today. Following that, a cold shutdown, where core reactor temperatures fall below 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit), may be achieved within three to six months, according to the statement.