Fukushima Inspectors Say Beginning Of Clean-Up Going Well So Far

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December 06, 2013

In this photo released Nov. 27, 2013, by International Atomic Energy Agency, a team of IAEA experts check out water storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan. (Greg Webb/IAEA)

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are praising Japan for making progress to stabilize the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami nearly three years ago.

This week, the IAEA inspectors wrapped up a 10-day inspection of the plant, where the decommissioning process started a few weeks ago.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from BBC Tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.

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Guest

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, Tokyo correspondent for the BBC.

This segment aired on December 6, 2013.