----- Immediate Release -----
FIRST DAY WORK FOR FUEL REMOVAL FROM UNIT4 SPENT FUEL POOL SAFETY COMPLETED
AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NPS
Four fuel assemblies loaded into the cask placed inside the pool
Fukushima, Japan, Nov. 18, 2013-TEPCO announced today that they have
completed the first day work for fuel removal from the Unit 4 spent fuel
pool at Fukushima Daiichi NPS. Four fuel assemblies were loaded into the
cask, and all the work for the day completed at 6:45PM.
The extraction work started at 3:18PM, following thorough safety
preparations with the cooperation of many partner companies and individual
workers. It is planned to take approximately one week from placing 22 fuel
assemblies into the cask at the spent fuel pool to storing it in the common
pool. President Hirose expressed his gratitude today, towards the employees
and workers from partner companies "who have worked so hard, with such
ingenuity, diligence, and courage, to make possible this achievement."
Photos and brief report of the first day work:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/
18_03-e.pdf
President Hirose's comments regarding the start of fuel removal:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/
Video explaining the removal process/Dr. Klein's comments and material
explaining the overview of the task:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/
The encompassing safety measures towards the assumable risks of the task:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/
15_03-e.pdf
TEPCO, Inc. is a provider of electricity to the Kanto region, which includes
Tokyo and Yokohama. The company is headquartered in Tokyo. For more
information, please go to http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/
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