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Efforts made for decommissioning

2018年10月29日更新 Update

What is decommissioning?

  • Reactor decommissioning refers to the dismantling and removal of nuclear reactors.
  • Process: Extraction of nuclear fuel -> Extraction of fuel melted down in the nuclear reactors -> dismantling
  • Period: It separates into three stages and is supposed to take 30-40 years to complete.

     Link to Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Project (TEPCO)

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Current situation of reactors

Reactor temperature

 ・Reactor temperature is stable at below 50℃  > Real time data (TEPCO Website)

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Amount of radioactive substances

  • Concentrations of radioactive substances are being monitored and no signs of recriticality have been observed

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