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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

Target is to finish cleanup at site within within 30 to 40 years of the 2011 accident The government of Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company plan to start removing melted fuel from Unit 2 at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station in 2021, according to the latest decommissioning plan.

The draft plan, revised for the fifth time and released on 2 November, said Unit 2 was picked first for the removal process because it is safer than Units 1 and 3, which also melted down after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

The revised draft plan will be finalised after residents and experts give their opinions to a committee of cabinet ministers related to the decommissioning and contaminated water problems at the plant.

Investigations have confirmed that debris believed to be melted nuclear fuel at the bottom of the containment vessel in the Unit 2 reactor building can be lifted by a remote-control device.

Date: Thursday, 05 December 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/removal-of-melted-fuel-scheduled-to-begin-at-unit-2-in-2021-12-3-2019

The global nuclear decommissioning services market is expected to grow by 6.8% a year to be valued at $8.9bn by 2025, according to a report by Grand View Research.

Global nuclear plant retirements are the main factor behind the projected growth, the report says.

Public safety concerns about nuclear and a transition towards renewables are likely to lead to further retirements and an increase in market demand over the coming years, according to the report.

Date: Saturday, 09 November 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/market-to-be-worth-usd8-9-billion-by-2050-says-report-11-5-2019

France's Orano Group announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to strengthen their cooperation on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site. The agreement was signed on 11 September.

Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsorano-strengthens-cooperation-with-tepco-for-fukushima-decommissioning-7442823

France's Orano Group recently signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to strengthen their cooperation on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi site.

Date: Saturday, 05 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-and-Tepco-cooperate-further-on-decommissioni

UK-based Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract by Japan Atomic Energy Agency to support decommissioning of the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor.

Cavendish said the contract builds on its experience of decommissioning fast reactors in the UK. The company will use the skills and experience gained during the decommissioning of the fast reactors at Dounreay, which are at an advanced stage of cleanout and dismantling.

The main elements of the contract with JAEA involve technical support for creating a lifetime plan for the decommissioning of Monju and a feasibility study into the treatment of sodium coolant from the Monju site.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/uk-s-cavendish-wins-japan-fbr-decommissioning-contract-8-4-2019

British nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to support decommissioning of the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor. Cavendish, a subsidiary of Babcock International Group, has been involved in the ongoing decommissioning of the fast reactors at the UK's Dounreay site.

Date: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cavendish-to-assist-in-decommissioning-Monju

The seven-unit Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in western Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Company said today it may decommission one or more reactors at its Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture, western Japan, within five years, after reactivating two idled reactors at the same facility.

Tepco president Tomoaki Kobayakawa mentioned for the first time the possibility of decommissioning some or all of Units 1 to 5 at Kashiwazaki Kariwa, the world’s biggest commercial nuclear station by capacity.

Media reports in Japan said Kashiwazaki city mayor Masahiro Sakurai had originally asked Tepco to shut all of the older units at Kashiwazaki Kariwa – Units 1 to 5 – in return for endorsing the restart of the two newer reactors, Units 6 and 7.

Units 1 to 5, all 1,067 boiling water reactor units, began commercial operation between 1985 and 1990. Units 6 and 7 are 1,315 MW advanced boiling water reactor units that began commercial operation in 1996 and 1997.

Date: Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/tepco-confirms-revised-plans-for-kashiwazaki-kariwa-decommissioning-8-1-2019