DHAKA: The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant should be broken up, a committee is set to propose according to unnamed sources.

The ruling party panel wants part of the Tokyo Electric Power Company in charge of cleaning to be separated.

Fukushima has been beset by problems, including toxic water leaks, since it was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

The clean up s expected to take 40 years and cost at least $100bn, reports the BBC.

Nearly 100,000 people are still unable to return to their homes because of high levels of radiation.

Cooling systems for reactors at Fukushima were knocked out during the disaster, causing meltdowns at three of them.

Water is being pumped in to cool the reactors. However, this creates large amounts of contaminated water that must be stored securely.

BDST: 1720 HRS, OCT 30, 2013
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