231 of 566 fuel assemblies are unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP
AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 13.07.2020
The fuel unloading from the spent fuel pool is continuing at the Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (Japan).
According to TEPCO, as of July 12, 2020, all fresh assemblies that were there at the time of the accident (52 assemblies), as well as 179 out of 514 spent assemblies, were unloaded.
Thus, a total of 231 assemblies were unloaded from the SFP-3. Of these, 7 assemblies were unloaded during the period from July 9 to July 12.
Topics: NPP Fukushima Daiichi, Asia, Japan
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