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IAEA-led international research on the management of severely damaged used nuclear fuel is providing key lessons learned from sites such as Fukushima Daiichi, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and demonstrating the value of global scientific collaboration, IAEA said on 11 March.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 March 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-study-looks-at-severely-damaged-used-fuel-10-years-after-fukushima-8601284
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) estimates that it will take 44 years to decommission its Fukushima Daiini nuclear power plant, located some 15km south of the accident-hit Fukushima Daiichi station.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 January 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-daiini-decommissioning-to-take-44-years-7743868
Fukushima Governor, Masao Uchibori said on 30 July that his prefecture would accept Tokyo Electric Power Company’s decision to decommission the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-daiini-to-be-decommissioned-7352333
The last damaged used fuel assembly from units 1-3 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was removed yesterday - from the cooling pool of unit 1 - and transferred to ISF1, a wet-type interim storage facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chernobyl-units-1-3-now-clear-of-damaged-fuel
Japan is turning to international experts for help with decommissioning its nuclear power plants. Kirill Komarov, first deputy director general for development and international business at Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 26 November that Rosatom is ready to offer Japan the entire spectrum of services and technologies in the back-end of nuclear fuel cycle.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 26 November 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-seeks-international-assistance-for-decommissioning-4738248
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd and Sugino Machine Limited have signed a joint research agreement to develop a laser process technology for decommissioning nuclear reactors. Hitachi-GE has extensive experience with boiling water reactors and Sugino specialises in water-jet cutting technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 21 July 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslaser-technology-for-fukushima-4627279
Tokyo Electric Power Company temporarily evacuated workers from the Fukushima nuclear power station early on 16 March as radiation levels hit a new high at reactor 3. White fumes have been seen coming from reactor 3 and the operator fears that there has been damage to the suppression chamber. A fire also occurred overnight at reactor 4.
Reactor-by-reactor, system-by-system summary from JAIF on 16 March; yellow indicates abnormal/unstable; red means damaged/nonfunctional/unsafe
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 16 March 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsradiation-levels-hit-new-high-at-fukushima-daiichi-721