A team of experts formed by the International Atomic Energy Agency began Monday reviewing Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s ongoing efforts to scrap the crippled reactors at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
The team will focus on the management of the radioactive water buildup at the site and fuel-removal work that has just started at a pool inside the damaged reactor 4 building, team leader Juan Carlos Lentijo told a press conference in Tokyo.
"The removal of the spent fuel is an essential activity toward decommissioning. Our idea is to review the full process that Tepco has developed for the purpose and all the precautions adopted to develop these activities in a safe way," the director of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology said.