TEPCO has once again postponed the start of work on the extraction of molten and damaged fuel from the reactor of Unit No. 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
This is reported by Asahi Shimbun.
In December 2020, the company announced the abandonment of plans to start extracting fuel at the second unit in 2021. Now it has become known that these works will not begin in 2022.
The reason for the deadline shift is the unavailability of the robotic manipulator, which is being developed jointly by Veolia Nuclear Solutions and MHI.
First concrete ceremony has taken place at Xudapu NPP Unit 4 constructed under the Russian VVER-1200 design. The construction has reached its active phase. Xudapu NPP Unit 3 is also in the active stage of construction.
FR22 concluded its work
The International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Future (FR22) concluded its work at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
AtomInfo.Ru
Russia has adopted a strategy providing for the formation of two-component nuclear power with fast and thermal reactors. And this means that the VVER technology will remain in our country.