Rods contain plutonium, experts concerned quake to hit during process « ENENews.com – Energy News

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NHK, Nov. 18, 2013: The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun removing nuclear fuel from a storage pool at a damaged reactor building. Workers placed a special fuel transport container in the storage pool [...] At around 3PM on Monday, the workers started to hoist the unused fuel units into the steel container [...] debris in the pool of the Number 4 reactor building could obstruct the work. [...] The removal work requires extreme caution, as any damage to the units could release high-level radiation.
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Rods contain plutonium, experts concerned quake to hit during process « ENENews.com – Energy News
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NHK, Nov. 18, 2013: The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun removing nuclear fuel from a storage pool at a damaged reactor building. Workers placed a special fuel transport container in the storage pool [...] At around 3PM on Monday, the workers started to hoist the unused fuel units into the steel container [...] debris in the pool of the Number 4 reactor building could obstruct the work. [...] The removal work requires extreme caution, as any damage to the units could release high-level radiation.
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