Japanese authorities are claiming that the worst radiation releases are over, and that the leaks should decline over time so that the total radiation released by the Fukushima disaster remains close to 10% of what was released in Chernobyl.
But, they also say that it's going to take 3 months to stop the leaks, and 6 to 9 months to get to a fully safe "cold shutdown" state for the troubled reactors.
Let's hope that nothing else goes seriously wrong (and there are no further earthquakes!) in this time period!
Read more in this AFP article
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