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After 500 days, Fukushima No. 1 plant still not out of the woods

BY TAKASHI SUGIMOTO STAFF WRITER

2012/07/25

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photoWorkers remove an unused nuclear fuel assembly from the storage pool of the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Provided by TEPCO)

A little more than 500 days after the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant threatened to force the evacuation of the entire Tokyo metropolitan area, the situation is certainly much improved.

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