update

A few headlines from a few weeks ago.

NY Times:   "Tainted water still flowing"


It appears that TEPCO tore down a cliff that would have protected the reactors from the tsunami to build Fukushima:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-11-04/tepco-tore-down-natural-seawall-which-would-have-protected-fukushima-tsunami

Fuel is being removed from Reactor 4.  That this is possible is a good sign.  However it could be a risky endeavor.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/07/world/asia/japan-tepco-fukushima-fuel-rods/index.html?hpt=hp_t3