Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Tepco Successfully Removes First Nuclear Fuel Rods at Fukushima

Bloomberg -

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) successfully removed the first nuclear fuel rods today from a cooling pool at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, an early milestone in decommissioning the facility amid doubts about whether the rods had been damaged ...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-18/fukushima-plant-fuel-rod-removals-to-begin-today-tepco-says.html

First Fuel Rods Plucked From Tsunami-Damaged Fukushima Plant

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/18/245993401/first-fuel-rods-plucked-from-tsunami-damaged-fukushima-plant

First day of risky fuel removal at Fukushima a 'success'

Channel 4 News - ‎Nov 18, 2013‎

It was seen as the riskiest operation at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the March 2011 tsunami - but the plant's operator says the first fuel removals have begun safely. Tepco says first day of fuel removal at Fukushima Daiichi reactor ...

http://www.channel4.com/news/fukushima-risky-fuel-removal-success-begins-nuclear-japan

Fuel removal from Japan's crippled nuclear plant is first step toward full cleanup

The Globe and Mail -

Workers started removing radioactive fuel rods Monday from a reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The painstaking and risky task is a crucial first step toward a full cleanup of the earthquake ...

Fukushima Cleanup: What's At Stake As Workers Start Removing Nuclear Fuel ...

Huffington Post -

TOKYO (AP) — Workers started the difficult task Monday of removing nuclear fuel rods from a heavily damaged reactor building at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. It's the first major step toward decommissioning the plant, a decades-long ...

Spent n-fuel being removed from Fukushima plant

Business Standard -

The operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Monday began removing nuclear fuel from a storage pool at the Number Four reactor building. The building was severely damaged by a hydrogen explosion following the March 11, 2011 ...