Fukushima Unit 1 New Cover Building Progress
Work towards installing a new cover building on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi is under way. A recent report from
Read moreWork towards installing a new cover building on unit 1 at Fukushima Daiichi is under way. A recent report from
Read moreAnother milestone at Fukushima Daiichi was achieved yesterday. On February 26th, 2021 the last of the spent fuel was removed
Read moreTEPCO has identified twelve fuel assemblies with damaged lifting handles. Further damage can not be identified at this point as
Read moreSpent fuel at Fukushima Daiichi has made some slow progress as storage space is strained. 4.9% of the spent fuel
Read moreTEPCO and the NDF have released documentation describing their plan to remove both the spent fuel and at least some
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 moreTEPCO’s most recent update on the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi included an update on the movement and storage of
Read moreA number of individual events have taken place recently. We review them here. Communities rebuilding after the 3-11 earthquake have
Read moreTEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal
Read moreThe process to remove the spent fuel from the pool at unit 3 will be a long term project but
Read moreRussia has expressed interest in reprocessing the large amounts of spent fuel from Fukushima Daiichi at their Mayak nuclear site.
Read moreThe fuel assemblies that have been inside the unit 5 reactor vessel since the 2011 disaster have all been moved
Read moreTEPCO told Yomiuri Shimbun that they expect to begin removing spent fuel at the unit 3 reactor within the 2015
Read moreAsahi Shimbun ran an article recently explaining that some of the nuclear power companies in Japan were resisting a move
Read moreUnit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi has had 1507 fuel assemblies removed. The remaining fuel assemblies in the pool are all
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 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 moreTEPCO is reporting that work to remove fuel from the unit 4 spent fuel pool will resume tomorrow. Removal work
Read moreTEPCO released a short handout this week that explains their plan for removing the damaged fuel at unit 4. One
Read moreTEPCO again has posted no information about the needed repair of the spent fuel pool cooling system on unit 5
Read moreTEPCO has announced they have restarted the cooling system for unit 5 just days after stopping it due to a
Read moreTEPCO reported over the weekend that they found a leak in a valve that is part of the cooling system
Read moreTEPCO announced that work to remove spent fuel from the unit 4 fuel pool will be suspended for 3 months.
Read moreTEPCO submitted plans to the NRA for spent fuel removal from unit 3. This included more detail on how they
Read moreThere are 411 spent fuel assemblies left to remove from unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi. 1122 have been removed as
Read moreTEPCO is asking for permission to make an unusual change to the removal of spent fuel at unit 4. The
Read moreTEPCO has progressed on removing debris from the unit 3 spent fuel pool. The current work is to dismantle the
Read more968 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
Read moreTEPCO released a small selection of images of some of the fuel removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool.
Read more814 spent fuel assemblies have been removed from the spent fuel pool of unit 4 to the common pool. Workers
Read moreDon’t pop the champagne quite yet. Removal of spent fuel from the damaged unit 4 fuel pool has crossed the
Read moreSpent fuel processing at Fukushima has made some new progress though much work remains with higher risk work being left
Read moreUnit 4 has had 748 fuel assemblies removed to the common pool as of today. This article would not be
Read more704 fuel assemblies have been removed from the unit 4 spent fuel pool to the common pool as of this
Read more594 fuel assemblies have been removed to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html This article
Read moreTEPCO has removed 550 assemblies from the spent fuel pool to the common pool as of March 31, 2014. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/index-e.html
Read more528 fuel assemblies have been moved to the common pool from unit 4’s spent fuel pool as of yesterday. This
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