Author: Kiyoshi Takenaka and Shinichi Saoshiro, Reuters, TOKYO

  • Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant finally in cold shutdown

    Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday in a major step toward resolving the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. The Fukushima Daiichi plant, 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo, was wrecked on March 11 by a huge earthquake and a towering tsunami which knocked…