TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (front) bows in an apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. He said TEPCO aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while trying to achieve a ''steady reduction'' in levels of radiation leaks in about three months.

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