TEPCO To Remove Deadly Radioactive Vent Pipe
TEPCO announced they will remove the vent pipes that connected units 1 and 2 to the shared vent tower. These
Read moreTEPCO announced they will remove the vent pipes that connected units 1 and 2 to the shared vent tower. These
Read moreAnother milestone at Fukushima Daiichi was achieved yesterday. On February 26th, 2021 the last of the spent fuel was removed
Read moreThe details of the equipment and process for initial fuel removal at unit 2 have been further refined. Most of
Read moreThe upper half of the unit 1-2 vent tower has been cut down and the vent pipe has been capped.
Read moreTEPCO says it will cost $12.6 billion USD to remove fuel at the units 2 and 3 reactors at Fukushima
Read moreTEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as
Read moreThe unit 1-2 vent tower at Fukushima Daiichi is the most dangerous location on site outside of the reactor buildings.
Read moreMeasure twice, cut once. Work to remove the highly contaminated units 1-2 vent tower at Fukushima Daiichi took an unfortunate
Read moreTEPCO previously announced their plan for removing spent fuel from unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi. This involved removing the roof
Read moreWork has begun on the unit 2 refueling floor at Fukushima Daiichi. Previously, TEPCO installed a controlled building on the
Read moreTEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls
Read moreOne of the most dangerous places at Fukushima Daiichi may undergo work to reduce the ongoing risk. Soon after the
Read moreTEPCO released a periodic update on the research towards removing the fuel debris from the reactors. The report contained some
Read moreTEPCO and the associated research & decommissioning authorities recently published a new report outlining the effort to collect the remains
Read moreTEPCO and the decommissioning authorities have reported on the ongoing delays at Fukushima Daiichi. As we reviewed these reports we
Read moreThe decommissioning authority (NDF) for Fukushima Daiichi has confirmed they will likely use a method to attempt to remove melted
Read moreThe notorious H4 tank farm at Fukushima Daiichi has been completely removed. TEPCO mentions that this included some soil remediation
Read moreQuietly buried in technical reports was this interesting plan. Researchers have developed a method to tunnel under the reactor buildings
Read moreTEPCO has reported that the last sections of the cover over unit 1 have been removed. The next phase is
Read moreWorkers dismantling bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi received high radiation doses to the eye during their work. TEPCO did
Read moreKurion’s tritium removal system is inching closer to implementation. Bloomberg has some information on how the system will work. A
Read moreThe process to remove the spent fuel from the pool at unit 3 will be a long term project but
Read moreTEPCO has removed most of the roof from the cover building of unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi. This work began
Read moreTEPCO has reported via their Facebook page that the stuck shield blocks in unit 2 have been removed. These shielding
Read moreTEPCO successfully removed the fuel handling crane from the spent fuel pool on August 2nd amid problems with fog. The
Read moreThe remains of the unit 3 fuel handling crane will be removed from the spent fuel pool August 2nd. TEPCO
Read moreTEPCO plans to remove the remains of the fuel crane from the pool this week using a special pair of
Read moreTEPCO released significant new information about the plan and progress for dealing with unit 3’s spent fuel pool. The report
Read moreTEPCO provided more information about how they will go about taking down the many bolt together tanks at the disaster
Read moreWork began in late May to remove some of the bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi. The bolt together tanks
Read moreThe fuel assemblies that have been inside the unit 5 reactor vessel since the 2011 disaster have all been moved
Read moreThe Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation is reconsidering the approach to be used for removing melted fuel at Fukushima Daiichi. The early
Read moreTEPCO told Yomiuri Shimbun that they expect to begin removing spent fuel at the unit 3 reactor within the 2015
Read moreUnit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all
Read more1419 fuel assemblies have been removed from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 114 assemblies left to move, with these being
Read moreTEPCO announced they have removed all of the spent fuel from unit 4. They did not provide details about the
Read moreThere are now 11 spent fuel assembles left in the damaged unit 4 spent fuel pool. The other remaining assemblies
Read more47 News is reporting that TEPCO will delay the removal of the cover on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi until
Read moreUnit 4 spent fuel removal is at 1298 assemblies removed as of this week. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article would not be
Read more1276 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi. Work resumed after an
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