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NRA announced the dry cask for spent fuel of Fukushima plant might be overly vulnerable
On 12/4/2015, NRA (Nuclear Regulation Authority) announced that the dry cask to store the spent fuel assemblies can be excessively vulnerable. In order to stock the fuel assemblies of SFP
Tepco to dismantle the entire roof of Reactor 2 / “Largely emits radioactive material but fast”
On 11/26/2015, Tepco and METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) announced they plan to dismantle the entire roof of Reactor 2 building. This is to remove the nuclear fuel
Tepco announced to postpone fuel removal from SFP of Reactor 1 – 3 up to over 3 years
On 6/12/2015, Tepco announced they are going to postpone fuel removal from SFP (Spent Fuel Pool) of Reactor 1 – 3. From their revised plan, the fuel removal from SFP
A thermometer of Reactor 2 indicates 89℃ / Reaching 100℃ in 4.7 days at this rate
Following up this article.. Thermometer of Reactor 2 indicates rapid increase in temperature again / 79℃ on 5/10/2015 [URL] The temperature indicated by the thermometer is still rising at 2.3
Thermometer of Reactor 2 indicates rapid increase in temperature again / 79℃ on 5/10/2015
Following up this article.. A thermometer of Reactor 2 indicates a rapid increase of temperature / From 20℃ to 70℃ within 6 hours [URL] Tepco’s plant parameter is showing that
Tepco started transferring Reactor 5 fuel assemblies to SFP
On 4/21/2015, Tepco announced they would start transferring fuel assemblies from Reactor 5 to SFP (Spent Fuel Pool) of Reactor 5 on 4/22/2015. Reactor 5 had 548 fuel assemblies in
Spent Fuel Pool temperature rapidly dropped as PCV heated in Reactor 2
Following up this article.. A thermometer of Reactor 2 indicates a rapid increase of temperature / From 20℃ to 70℃ within 6 hours [URL] Tepco’s plant parameter shows the temperature
Tepco reported they completed transferring all the fuel from Reactor 4 pool
On 12/22/2014, Teoco announced they completed the fuel transfer from Reactor 4 spent fuel pool. The video below was the one attached to their announcement. They started the fuel transfer
Tepco released photos of Reactor 1 / Fuel handling machine barely hung just above SFP
↑ Overhead traveling crane lies over the fuel handling machine. The machine is barely hung over the spent fuel pool of Reactor 1. Tepco’s photos showed the reality of
Tepco “All the spent fuel assemblies removed from SFP 4″ – Videos and Photos
On 11/5/2014, Tepco announced they completed transferring all of the 1,331 spent fuel assemblies from SFP 4 (Spent Fuel Pool of Reactor 4) to common pool. They started removing