The cooling system for the reactor 4 spent fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant temporarily halted Tuesday morning after an alert over electrical equipment was issued, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The operation to remove fuel from the spent fuel pool ...
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. said Thursday it expects its spent fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho village, Aomori Prefecture, to pass the state’s safety assessment and be ready for operation in October 2014. The plan was explained to local governments concerned, as the operator is ...
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency begins reviewing Tepco's efforts to scrap the crippled reactors at Fukushima No. 1.
Work to remove spent nuclear fuel from the reactor 4 storage pool at the Fukushima No. 1 complex will begin Tuesday at the earliest, a source close to operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday. Fuel extraction operations started last Monday, with workers first ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has offered the first glimpse of the operation to remove fuel rods at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the most dangerous job since the runaway reactors were brought under control two years ago. Video footage supplied by Tepco on ...
International Atomic Energy Agency experts will visit Japan later this month to study such issues as the fuel removal work in the reactor 4 building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex.
