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US envoy Kennedy tours Fukushima nuclear plant
Shoaib Ur Rehman
14 May, 2014
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2014/05/caroline-kennedy.jpg">TOKYO: US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy toured the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant for the first time Wednesday, pledging continued US help with the clean-up.</P><P>The 56-year-old envoy, who took up her post last November, was on a tour of Japan's northeast, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.</P><P>On Tuesday she met high school students and threw a ceremonial first pitch for a professional baseball match involving a local club in the city of Sendai.</P><P>Donning a white protective suit, helmet and mask, Kennedy saw the central control room for molten reactors at the plant, which has been releasing radiation since the disaster.</P><P>She was told how workers responded when the tsunami cut power supplies and halted reactor cooling systems.</P><P>)