Fresh plans to contain nuclear plant crisis

JAPAN has unveiled new plans to contain the crisis at a crippled nuclear plant after admitting it faced greater challenges than first disclosed.

Fresh plans to contain nuclear plant crisis

More than two months after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, officials say the risk of another explosion at the Fukushima plant has receded but each step towards gaining control has been matched by new setbacks.

From the start, the timetable for stabilising Fukushima has faced scepticism from experts and the Japanese public, but any changes to the original target were seen as too costly politically for the government.

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