US EditionFukushima Nuclear Plant Clean-up Faces Another Delay
FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, JUL 29 – TEPCO cites technical and safety challenges in pushing full-scale fuel debris removal to 2037 or later, with 880 tons of melted fuel complicating the process, officials said.
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On the 29th, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced that full-scale removal of melted nuclear fuel (fuel debris) from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant will now be delayed from fiscal year 2037 onwards, instead of the early 2030s as originally planned. The government and TEPCO have stated in their decommissioning schedule that decommissioning will be completed by fiscal year 2051. TEPCO says that there is "no need" to revise this…
Fukushima Fuel Debris Removal Delayed Until At Least 2037 - Worthy Christian News
by Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Staff (Worthy News) – The timeline for dismantling Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suffered a major setback, as the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) announced Tuesday that full-scale removal of melted nuclear fuel debris will be delayed until at least 2037—several years later than initially planned. TEPCO, operator of the tsunami-wrecked facility, now estimates it will…
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant faces new delay in removing melted fuel debris
The Japanese operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the start of full-scale removal of melted fuel debris will be delayed for several years until 2037 or later.
The recovery of hundreds of tons of radioactive material from the damaged Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima has been postponed to at least 2037. On Tuesday, a manager of the operator company Tepco said that the necessary preparatory work is expected to take "twelve to 15 years". This means that the actual removal of the approximately 880 tons of material cannot be started before 2037.
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