Regarding the removal of "fuel debris," which is considered to be the biggest difficulty in the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO has not been able to carry out a mock test scheduled in the United Kingdom due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Announced that it will postpone the planned start of removal during the next year.
TEPCO was planning to conduct a mock test using a robot arm in August in the United Kingdom for the removal of "fuel debris" planned at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, but the new coronavirus Due to the spread of the virus, it has become difficult to transport it to Japan, which was scheduled for January next year.
TEPCO announced at a press conference on the 24th that it would be difficult to start taking out the product next year and postpone it.
At the moment, the start time is expected to be delayed by about a year.
In addition, it is said that the mock test will be conducted in Japan, and the robot arm will be transported to Japan at the end of April next year, and a British engineer will come to Japan to make adjustments.
The removal of nuclear fuel, so-called "fuel debris," which was melted down at Units 1 to 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, is considered to be the biggest difficulty in decommissioning, and the government and TEPCO will be investigating Unit 2 most next year. I decided to start with.