Tokyo Electric Unable to Complete Step 1 of Fukushima Recovery Plan

KOFU-SHI, JAPAN--July 21, 2011--Researched by Industrial Info Resources East Asia (Kofu-shi, Japan)--As announced last week, Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated (TYO:9501) (TEPCO) (Tokyo) planned to finish Step 1 of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station's "roadmap to recovery" by July 17. However, TEPCO has not fully completed Step 1 as planned, only having fully accomplished nitrogen injection in units 1 through 3 and stable cooling in the spent fuel pools. Several key stages remain untouched or in flux as TEPCO continues into Step 2.