Japan Earthquake
A worker walks by a big fishing boat washed ashore in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the...
A worker walks by a big fishing boat washed ashore in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Japan Earthquake
A man strolls on a riverbank in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by th...
A man strolls on a riverbank in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Japan Earthquake
Police officers gather for a briefing before going out for recovery operation in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 20...
Police officers gather for a briefing before going out for recovery operation in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Japan Earthquake
A worker sorts out debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by the M...
A worker sorts out debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. Kesennuma is one of the cities hard hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Japan Earthquake
Residents wade through a flooded road caused by spring tide in land-sunken area following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi ...
Residents wade through a flooded road caused by spring tide in land-sunken area following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
Japan Earthquake
Boys on bicycles wade through a flooded road caused by spring tide in land-sunken area following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, ...
Boys on bicycles wade through a flooded road caused by spring tide in land-sunken area following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
Japan is to release a revised plan for stabilizing its stricken nuclear plant amid signs that three troubled reactors have suffered worse-than-expected damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Authorities insist they will stick with a timetable to bring the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex to a stable cold shutdown by early next year.
Tuesday's new plan will provide more details on achieving that goal, including new ways to restore cooling systems that were knocked out by the twin disasters.
The government is also expected to provide more details about how it will support thousands of evacuees who had to flee their homes near the plant.
