Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station “Fuel Debris” analysis facility started operation four years later at 4:14 on March 18
TEPCO and others have announced that it will start operation of a facility that analyzes melted-down nuclear fuel at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which caused a meltdown, from 2024, four years later.
In the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the meltdown of three reactors and the removal and disposal of melted-down nuclear fuel that emits intense radiation, so-called “fuel debris,” are considered to be the biggest challenges.
TEPCO and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have started construction of a dedicated facility on the site of TEPCO adjacent to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to start scientific operation of fuel debris, and will start operation four years later in 2024 It is expected to do.
The facility is equipped with an analyzer that is made of reinforced concrete on the first basement floor and the second floor above the ground, and plans to accept 12 samples a year.
TEPCO plans to take out small quantities of nuclear fuel debris from Unit 2 next year, but will conduct analysis at the JAEA facility in Ibaraki Prefecture until the operation of the facility begins, and put it in a special container when transporting It is strictly managed by such as.