Japan to review its nuclear policy

AS radiation from a damaged nuclear complex made Tokyo’s tap water unsafe for babies and led to supermarkets being emptied of bottled water, a top government official said Japan will have to review its nuclear power policy.

Engineers are working around-the-clock in an effort to stabilise the Fukushima nuclear plant, nearly two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami battered northeastern Japan, leaving nearly 26,000 people missing or dead.

“It is certain that public confidence in nuclear power plants has greatly changed,” Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yuki Edano said. “In light of that, we must first end this situation and then study from a zero base.”