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371 of 566 fuel assemblies are unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP

AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 25.10.2020

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 October 22, 2020, all fresh assemblies that were there at the time of the accident (52 assemblies), as well as 319 out of 514 spent assemblies, were unloaded.

Thus, a total of 364 assemblies were unloaded from the SFP-3. Of these, 7 assemblies were unloaded during the period from October 19 to October 22.

Topics: NPP Fukushima Daiichi


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