Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on the 28th (local) it will begin
removing remaining spent fuel from the Unit 2 spent fuel pool at Fukushima
Daiichi in early next month. The operation is expected to take more than two
years and TEPCO said it will proceed cautiously. Units 1–3 suffered core
meltdowns after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, producing about 880
tons of highly radioactive core debris; removal of that debris is viewed as
the biggest challenge in decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi.
