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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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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

Date: Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsradiation-levels-hit-new-high-at-fukushima-daiichi-721