Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Government and TEPCO revise timetable

August 17, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Zenzo Aizawa, vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. briefs the media on the progress of recovery roadmap of the Zenzo Aizawa, vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., briefs the media on the progress of recovery roadmap of the crippled nuclear power plant during a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-