Fukushima nuclear disaster: IAEA unsure if clean-up will be complete by 2051 as planned

Too little is known about melted fuel inside damaged reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to be able to tell if its decommissioning can be finished by 2051 as planned, a UN nuclear agency official said on Friday.“Honestly speaking, I don’t know, and I don’t know if anybody knows,” said Christophe Xerri, head of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team reviewing progress in the plant’s clean-up.He urged Japan to speed up studies of the reactors to achieve a better long…