Ayaka Otaka

Sep 20, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kazunari Hanawa |Ayaka Otaka |Ryosuke Matsuzoe

TOKYO -- The removal of melted fuel rods at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has run into another round of difficulties from equipment malfunctions and delays, threatening to push back the 2051 full decommissioning time line even further. "From our perspective, we have only paused work," an official from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, which operates the plant, said at a news conference Thursday. "We want to proceed with the work with safety as our priority."