Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the operator of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station in northern Japan, has removed all 566 fuel assemblies from the storage pool of Unit 3 at the damaged facility.
“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.
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