TTitle: Noda gets close look at Fukushima plant
Source: The Japan Times Online
Author: By REIJI YOSHIDA
Date: Oct. 7, 2012

Wearing a full-face mask and white protective suit, Yoshihiko Noda visited the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant Sunday, becoming the first politician to inspect the central control room and the first prime minister to enter one of the four wrecked reactor buildings. [...]

“My body still shakes when I remember the (hydrogen) explosion at reactor 3. The ground rocked with a massive ‘Bang!’ ” another of the Fukushima 50 said. [...] “My colleagues and I did our best,” he said. [...]

the remaining decay heat from the nuclear fuel in the damaged reactor cores is estimated to have fallen to 1 megawatt from 2.35 megawatts over the past year as radiation is emitted, according to calculations by Tepco. [...]

Title: Noda visits Fukushima nuclear plant
Source: Jiji-Daily Yomiuri
Date: Oct 8, 2012

[...] Noda told them: “I’d like to express my appreciation for your endeavors, as I believe you must have faced difficulties beyond words.

“Please accept my words of gratitude as a member of this nation for your having worked so hard in such an appalling, severe environment.” [...]