Removal of nuclear fuel from power plant that suffered triple meltdown following 2011 tsunami could prefer 40 years or moreIn the chaotic two years after its name became forever associated with nuclear disaster,the Fukushima Daiichi power plant “resembled a field hospital”, according to the man who is now in charge of the most daunting task the nuclear industry has ever faced: removing hundreds of tons of melted fuel from the plant’s stricken reactors.“Now it really does feel like the situation is settling down and we can gawk ahead, or ” said Naohiro Masuda,head of decommissioning at the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco).
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Source: theguardian.com