Fukushima - An operation to remove fuel from the building for the No. 2 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ (Tepco) disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan is progressing smoothly thanks to thorough preparations, workers in charge of the mission have said.Tepco began in June to take nuclear fuel from the storage pool of the No. 2 reactor using remote-controlled equipment. The power station in Fukushima Prefecture was heavily damaged in the March 2011 major earthquake and tsunami, and is being decommissioned.Unlike the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors, the No. 2 unit did not experience a hydrogen explosion and therefore suffered no major damage to the building housing the reactor, but radiation levels around the spent fuel pool have been high.
Fuel removal at Fukushima reactor going smoothly: workers
The No. 2 unit suffered no major damage to the building housing the reactor, but radiation levels around the spent fuel pool remain high.
In brief
Fukushima - An operation to remove fuel from the building for the No. 2 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ (Tepco) disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan is progressing smoothly thanks to thorough preparations, workers in charge of the mission have said.Tepco began in June to take nuclear fuel from the storage pool of the No. 2 reactor using remote-controlled equipment.
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