Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report 2013

Video explaining the fuel removal operation describes the workers' tremendous efforts towards the safer storage of fuel assemblies inside the common pool

Fukushima, Japan, Dec. 2, 2013 - TEPCO announced that they have successfully completed the storage of all 22 spent fuel assemblies, which were transported from the Unit 4 spent fuel pool, inside the safer, common pool at Fukushima Daiichi NPS.

The fuel assemblies were loaded into the transportation cask from November 26 to 27, and transported to the common pool building on November 29. On November 30, work to transfer the assemblies to the fuel rack inside the common pool started at 1:00PM and completed at 5:03PM without incident.

The removal of all fuel inside the Unit 4 spent fuel pool is planned to take until the end of 2014.

Video explaining the fuel removal operation:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201312-e/131202-01e.html

Video and photos of the second fuel removal work at the common pool:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201311-e/131129-01e.html

Video of the extraction of spent fuel from Unit 4, taken underwater:
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2013/201311-e/131127-01e.html

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

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

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.