i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. engineers may be able to start removing fuel at fukushima plant earlier than previously expected. officials of the government and the plant's operators say they want to speed up the process. they drafted a new road map for getting the work done. the officials jointly released a time table for decommissioning the reactors damaged in the earthquake and tsunami two years ago. they cover various scenarios for

i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. engineers may be able to start removing fuel at fukushima plant earlier than previously expected. officials of the government and the plant's operators say they want to speed up the process. they drafted a new road map for getting the work done. the officials jointly released a time table for decommissioning the reactors damaged in the earthquake and tsunami two years ago. they cover various scenarios for removing the nuclear fuel from three of them. it calls for work to begin on separate parts of each reactor. they will start with the number one and two reactors in the year 2020 at earliest. that's 18 months sooner than the previous plan. work on reactor number two could be delayed until 2024. it will depend on how quickly they can decontaminate the building. radiation levels remain high at the plant and they depend on robots to work in the reactors. the time table is subject to change depending on whether they can develop new technology. they have been facing challenging situations.

i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. engineers may be able to start removing fuel at fukushima plant earlier than previously expected. officials of the government and the plant's