Melted nuclear fuel from Fukushima disaster is missing, company says [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Naohiro Masuda, the Chief Decommissioning Officer of the Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Wednesday that operators have yet to locate where the melted nuclear fuel has gone, five years after the meltdown caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
“There are melted fuels in units 1, 2 and 3,” Masuda said. “Frankly, we do not really know what the situation is for these (melted fuel), nor where it has gone.”
Speaking to reporters ahead of the disaster’s anniversary on 11 March, Masuda described the first few years of decommissioning work as comparable to working in a “field hospital.”
“The reality at Fukushima Dai-ichi was that we had to work day to day dealing with unexpected difficulties showering down,” Masuda said. “Things have finally started to calm down, we are now able to look ahead in our work, and I am confident that we have made great strides especially in this past year.”
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