Goshi Hosono, nuclear crisis minister, said, "Removalof spent nuclearfuelfromaseriouslydamagednuclearreactorbuildingis a challenge that no one in the worldhas facedbefore."
KEDO, the organisation responsible for building two nuclear reactors and making interim deliveries of fuel oil in return for a freeze on the North's production of plutonium, from which nuclear bombs can be made.