Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, April 18, 2011 (5 PM EDT)

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 5 P.M. EDT.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) estimates it will take up to nine months to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A plan released Sunday breaks the project into two steps, the first taking up to three months, the second up to six months more.

According to the company’s “Roadmap Towards Restoration,” TEPCO plans to:

• Fill the containment vessels of reactors 1…