Japan is set to decide Dec. 16 that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been brought under control by achieving a stable state called ''cold shutdown,'' government sources said Wednesday.
The government has determined that it is possible to put the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors at the complex in the stable state by year-end, a timeline envisaged for the completion of step 2 in a road map drawn up to bring the crisis under control, according to the sources.
The government has for months been trying to keep temperatures in the
cores of the damaged reactors below the boiling point for water in a
stable manner and prevent a fresh release of radioactive materials into
the surrounding environment.
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