Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report 2013

22 fuel assemblies loaded into the cask placed inside the pool

Fukushima, Japan, Nov. 19, 2013-TEPCO announced today that they have completed the second day work for fuel removal from the Unit 4 spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
22 fuel assemblies were loaded into the cask, and all the work for the day completed at 6:28PM.

The extraction work started at 9:00AM.
It is planned to take approximately one week from placing 22 fuel assemblies into the cask at the spent fuel pool to storing it in the common pool.

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Photos and videos related to the fuel removal:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201311-e/131118-01.html

President Hirose's comments regarding the start of fuel removal:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html

Video explaining the removal process/Dr. Klein's comments and material explaining the overview of the task:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201310-e/131030-02e.html

The encompassing safety measures towards the assumable risks of the task:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_131115_03-e.pdf (PDF 48.4KB)

TEPCO, Inc. is a provider of electricity to the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo and Yokohama. The company is headquartered in Tokyo. For more information, please go to http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html.