This can severely hamper operations.
High winds, powerful waves and difficult currents hamper operations.
The administrator, Sean O'Keefe, said the effort would begin at the space agency's headquarters with consolidation of several of its departments into four so-called mission directorates that he said would eliminate artificial boundaries that can hamper operations.
The priority is, as it has been all along, to restore adequate coolant to the fuel ponds and the reactors themselves - while hoping that earthquake aftershocks and bad weather do not hamper operations any more.
The authorities have previously rejected requests by journalists to visit the plant, on the grounds that radiation levels were too high and it could hamper operations to tackle the crisis.
The Cambodian monsoon, whose heavy rains would hamper operations, was only two months away.
Aircraft losses amounted to 234, primarily on the ground, and it entered 1945 with 196 machines, including 17 Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs, 12 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406s, seven Fiat G.50s and two Fiat CR.42 fighters and some 30 multi-engined bombers, although shortages of fuel had begun to hamper operations.
Pirozzi, the mayor, said poor access to the village was hampering operations.
The power outage hampered operations at several banks and offices, with employees having to leave work early on Monday.
The group also has access to considerable oil reserves in newly-conquered territory, with less fear of coalition air strikes hampering operations.
