Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, crippled after an earthquake and tsunami in March, has been opened up to the media. <br /><br />The conditions were slowly improving to the point where a "cold shutdown" would be possible as planned, officials said on Saturday during a tour of the facility.<br /><br />About 30 mainly Japanese journalists were shepherded through the plant for the first time since the meltdown of the plant's reactors, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl 25 years ago.<br /><br />Al Jazeera speaks to nuclear scientist Dr Imad Khadduri.
