Japan announced a new roadmap to troubleshoot Fukushima I

The Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has announced a new route to troubleshoot at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the same day to make important policy revision after disasters dual 11 / 3.

Tepco , the company operating the Fukushima nuclear power plant, said it has developed new plans for the closure of the facility after the evidence of the reactor core melted in 3 of the 6 reactors app Disaster Recovery.

Under the new plan, troubleshoot time will be divided into 3 phases : Phase 1 lasts from now until mid-July; Phase 2 lasts 3-6 months and then a period of 3 focus on the medium-term issues.

Japan is attempting to resolve the problems at Fukushima I.

Along the route, the Government Disaster Recovery of Japan also announced new programs to help thousands of people displaced by the nuclear crisis.

The government set a target in May to repay the temporary compensation for those who have been evacuated, and runs from late January to pay compensation to farmers and fishermen. The government also immediately began to organize health checks for people, including the measurement of radiation exposure; build 15,200 temporary homes for those evacuated.

Earlier this week, Tepco said the fuel rods in reactor No. 1 plant were exposed to air for 16 hours immediately after the earthquake and tsunami 11/3. It is believed that making the fuel rods melted and fallen to the bottom of the pressure vessel of the reactor, where overheated fuel tank bottom has a small puncture holes Disaster Recovery.

Tepco admitted likely melted similar incidents have occurred in the reactor number two and number three, where the fuel rods were exposed to air for at least 6 hours after the cooling systems at the plant was damaged by a tsunami.

During yesterday's session, the Japanese Cabinet approved the policy amendments critical mass due to the earthquake and tsunami, including energy policy.

Under the new plan, the working group on strategic economic growth will resume the meeting later this month and will offer strategies to revive the national economy by the end of this year; Japanese government will consider a comprehensive national energy policy, which considered nuclear energy is an important pillar, and to reconsider the plan to promote exports of infrastructure abroad, in including nuclear power generation technology, high-speed rail system and the wastewater treatment facility.