Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy.

Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2013 shows the four buildings (in background) containing the Nos. 1-4 reactors, and numerous tanks (foreground) containing radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said Aug. 20, 2013, that an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the water storage tanks at the Fukushima plant, making it the worst leakage incident from such containers.

Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono give a press conference at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2011. The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said they would seek to finish scrapping the four crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the next 30 to 40 years in a road map toward decommissioning.

Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

Fukushima Daini nuke plant fate depends on gov't policy

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, head of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima office, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 16, 2014, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Ishizaki said whether the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, about 12 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, will be decommissioned as called for by the Fukushima prefectural government will depend on the central government's decision on the country's nuclear energy policy. (Kyodo)

Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

Ministers Edano, Hosono at news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono give a press conference at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2011. The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. said they would seek to finish scrapping the four crippled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the next 30 to 40 years in a road map toward decommissioning. (Kyodo)