The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said Thursday for the first time publicly that it will start making concrete plans to decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly escaped the crisis. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said it will
The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said Thursday for the first time publicly that it will start making concrete plans to decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly escaped the crisis.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said it will decide on the timeline and other details before formally announcing the dismantling four reactors at the Fukushima Daini, or No. 2, plant, which has never restarted since the 2011 disaster.
The Fukushima Daiichi, or No. 1, plant was heavily damaged in a March, 11,2011, earthquake and tsunami. Three reactors had meltdowns and a fourth had damage to its building. Decommissioning of those reactors has started and the two others are set to be scrapped.
An additional decommissioning in Fukushima would mean all 10 of TEPCO’s reactors in Fukushima would be dismantled eventually.
Fukushima officials and residents have demanded TEPCO decommission its remaining reactors, saying uncertainty has hampered reconstruction.
TEPCO president Tomoaki Kobayakawa, who met Fukushima Gov Masao Uchibori at the governor’s office, announced the plan following the governor’s renewed request to scrap Fukushima No.
