STORY10: Kan slams TEPCO over request to 'withdraw' from crippled plant

STORY10: Kan slams TEPCO over request to 'withdraw' from crippled plant

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo taken in the morning of March 15, 2011, shows a teleconference system used to deal with the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami. Then Prime Minister Naoto Kan appears in the center photo on the upper row. (Photo courtesy of TEPCO)(For editorial use only)(Kyodo)

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