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11/30/2016 / By fukushima

Full-scale model used to test decommissioning for Fukushima reactor

NARAHA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – A research institute has used a full-size mock-up of part of a nuclear reactor to conduct trial decommissioning experiments for use on the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant. Article by Kyodo The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) carried out the experiments Tuesday using a 20-meter wide, 12-meter high model […]

11/14/2016 / By fukushima

Crippled Fukushima reactor fully exposed for first time since meltdown

Fukushima’s Nuclear Plant reactor No. 1 has been fully exposed for the first time since the March 2011 tragedy, after the utility company safely removed the last cover sheet of the temporary protective construction. Article by rt.com Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) used an industrial crane to lift the last of its 18 protective panels […]

10/25/2016 / By fukushima

Costs are ballooning for dismantling Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan’s estimate of dismantling the Fukushima nuclear plant is ballooning far beyond the utility’s estimate of 2 trillion yen ($19 billion). Article by Tribune News Services A government study released Tuesday found decommissioning the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant already has cost 80 billion yen ($770 million) over the last three years. The plant suffered multiple reactor […]

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