Living with disaster: Jolt that shook Japan and the world
...The plant's embattled operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, meanwhile remains at the centre of a never-ending public furore over its bungled handling of the crisis.
Fresh outrage came when the company recently confirmed contaminated water may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Tepco has now begun the year-long recovery of 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, while the Government commits billions of yen to getting displaced residents back to Fukushima.
All the while, calls are growing for Prime Minister Abe to end nuclear power in Japan as the Government faces the controversial question over how many of its 50 undamaged reactors will be restarted.
The anti-nuclear movement was last month given weight with the backing of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
"Leakage is contributing to increased environmental awareness and this is something we see every day on the news," said Hideyuki Ban, secretary-general of Japan's Citizens' Nuclear Information Centre.
Mr Ban said about 26,000km of land had been contaminated as a direct result of the nuclear accident.
The shoddy handling of the issue has also put a dent in public trust in the government. ...
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