Tepco Starts Removing Fuel From Fukushima No. 2 Spent Fuel Pool, 15 Years After Meltdown
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings started extracting fuel assemblies from the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 plant on June 2, 2026. The work marks a key step in decommissioning the facility damaged in the 2011 accident.
Japan TimesTokyo Electric Power Company Holdings began removing nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on June 2, 2026. The operation targets 587 spent fuel assemblies and 28 unused fuel assemblies stored in the pool.
The company plans to finish removing all fuel assemblies from the No. 2 reactor by fiscal 2028. Workers are removing the unused fuel first because it poses a lower risk in the event of an accident. Radiation levels at the No.
2 reactor building remain high after the nuclear fuel in the reactor melted down in the March 2011 accident. The removal of nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool is considered a key step in decommissioning the reactors at the plant. Workers wearing protective suits walked inside the Fukushima No.
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