Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Dec. 20 it recovered a steel frame from a spent fuel pool, enabling a resumption of debris removal from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 3 reactor building.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Dec. 20 it recovered a steel frame from a spent fuel pool, enabling a resumption of debris removal from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 3 reactor building.
According to TEPCO, the steel frame is 7 meters long and weighs 470 kilograms. It was dropped into the fuel pool by mistake during the debris removal operation on Sept. 22.
At that time, workers used a remote controlled crane to seize the frame, but dropped it into the pool. TEPCO believes the steel frame did not damage the fuel.
TEPCO has not changed its plans to complete the debris removal by March.