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Japanese nuclear power plant operators have reported some minor damage, but no public safety issues, following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake which struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/No-abnormalities-reported-at-Japanese-nuclear-plan
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on 28 April approved Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) decommissioning plan for the four boiling water reactors at the Fukushima Daiini nuclear power plant, some 11km south of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant. The four reactors, which began operation between 1982 and 1987, were also hit by the tsunami in March 2011 which destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant. They temporarily lost reactor cooling functions, but unlike the Daiichi plant, avoided meltdowns. They have since been maintained in cold shutdown.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 30 April 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapans-nra-approves-decommissioning-plan-for-fukushima-daiini-8708800
Japan's nuclear regulator today approved Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) decommissioning plan for the four reactors at its Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, close to the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fukushima-Daini-decommissioning-plan-approved
“The fuel removal work from the spent fuel pool of Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station Unit 3 was completed with the removal of all 566 units at 13:59 on February 28,” said a statement on the company’s social media feeds.
The removal of fuel from Unit 3’s storage fuel pool began in April 2019 after several years of work to remove debris from the reactor building service floor.
The work required the removal of huge pieces of damaged equipment that fell into the pool during the explosions that hit the nuclear site in Fukushima, in the days after a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and emergency cooling.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/tepco-completes-removal-of-unit-3-fuel-assemblies-3-2-2021
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) today announced its official decision to decommission the four reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, close to the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant. The company said in June 2018 that it was considering decommissioning the plant in conjunction with Fukushima Daiichi in response to local demands for a decision on the fate of the site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 31 July 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tepco-declares-Fukushima-Daini-for-decommissioning