China News Service, May 31. According to Kyodo News, on the 29th local time, Tokyo Electric Power Company of Japan submitted an application for approval to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission on the scrapping plan for all four reactors at the Fukushima Second Nuclear Power Station.
According to reports, it is estimated that it will take 44 years to complete the scrap and cost about 282 billion yen. The Regulatory Committee will confirm the validity of the "Abandonment Measures Plan" that summarizes the scrapping procedures of the four reactors through review meetings. The review is expected to take about 1 year.
Data Map: Dongdian Funiao First Nuclear Power Station.
The plan divides the process into four phases. This application documents the first phase (10 years) of pollution investigation and decontamination of the reactor plant. The second stage (12 years) will dismantle the generator turbine, the third stage (11 years) will dismantle the reactor, and the fourth stage (11 years) will dismantle the reactor plant, etc., but the specific content will be applied separately.
At present, 9,532 spent fuel rods stored in the pools of the four reactor buildings will be taken out before the start of the third phase and transferred to the newly built dry storage facility on the site. Then it is handed over to the reprocessing company before the reactor is scrapped.
Allegedly, the entire process will produce about 51,000 tons of radioactive waste, which will be properly disposed before the scrap is completed.
After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima Prefecture and others strongly demanded scrapping on the grounds that the second nuclear power plant hindered the reconstruction. In July 2019, Tepco indicated to the local government that all 4 reactors will be scrapped.