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
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says a revised roadmap to resolve the crisis will stick with an existing timeline but add new tasks, such as boosting tsunami preparedness and improving conditions for workers.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto said Tuesday the utility still aims to bring the radiation-leaking Fukushima Dai-ichi complex to a stable cold shutdown within six to nine months as announced in the original April action plan.
Muto said the revised plan calls for stepping up precautionary measures for aftershocks and closer monitoring of the amount of radiation in groundwater and elsewhere in the environment.
