[Japan]Hard To Tell When Nuclear Crisis Would End: Edano

Nikkei ^ | 03/26/11

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Hard To Tell When Nuclear Crisis Would End: Edano

TOKYO (Kyodo)--Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano said Saturday he finds it difficult to predict when the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant would end.

In an attempt to enhance the government's capacity to address the nuclear problems since the March 11 killer earthquake and tsunami, the chief Cabinet secretary said Sumio Mabuchi, a former minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, has become Prime Minister Naoto Kan's special adviser.

Mabuchi, who replaced Manabu Terata, was appointed to mainly be in charge of dealing with the nuclear crisis for the time being in cooperation with the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., Edano said at a news conference.

Asked about the prospects of the crisis, Edano said, ''The current situation is that we are preventing it from worsening.'' He said the situation still requires ''an enormous amount of work'' before it settles down.

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Not long ago, the phrase “nuclear crisis” meant that Chia Head is playing with his dinky little nukes. Now it means something totally different. The whole world forgot about Chia Head and his occasional antics. Must be a b*tch to see themselves sidelined.:-)